"0" meaning in English

See 0 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈziːɹəʊ/ [General-Australian, US], /ˈzɪəɹəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-zero.ogg Forms: 0s [plural]
enPR: zē′rō [General-Australian, US] Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ Head templates: {{en-noun}} 0 (plural 0s)
  1. 0.
    Sense id: en-0-en-noun-iS9uCcAs
  2. The origin, starting point, or fixed reference point, especially for a measurement.
    Sense id: en-0-en-noun-g8QUMyej Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 1 1 0 19 4 6 14 18 6 17 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 20 4 6 14 19 5 17 13 1 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 70 29 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 4 74 21
  3. (electrical engineering) The off or low bit state.
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 0-100, 0-60, 0th, the ordinal number form, 60-0 Related terms: 1, 2

Inflected forms

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