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"expansion": "null (third-person singular simple present nulls, present participle nulling, simple past and past participle nulled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "annul"
},
{
"word": "nulled work"
},
{
"word": "nil"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes”, in Paradise Regain’d, 5th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, published 1707, page 144",
"text": "Thy fair enchanted cup, and warbling charms / No more on me have pow’r, their force is null’d, / So much of Adders wiſdom I have learnt / To fence my ear againſt thy Sorceries.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To nullify; to annul."
],
"links": [
[
"nullify",
"nullify"
],
[
"annul",
"annul"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic) To nullify; to annul."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2001 March 27, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.3 Detail Examination and Tests of Standby Rudder Actuator Input Shaft and Bearing”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Uncontrolled Descent and Collision With Terrain, United Airlines Flight 585, Boeing 737-200, N999UA, 4 Miles South of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 3, 1991, archived from the original on 2022-05-08, page 63",
"text": "Three factors could ameliorate the effect of a bound input shaft and bearing. The first is the elasticity of the control system linkage that, against a definable load, will permit sufficient deformation of the otherwise rigid link feedback loop to null the MPCU servo valve. The second factor is the application of a load sufficient to break loose the binding between the input shaft and bearing. The third factor is a loss of torque of the bearing in the standby rudder actuator housing to permit the rotation of the bearing and shaft together within the housing to compensate for the bound shaft.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To return to the null position, setting, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"null",
"#Adjective"
],
[
"position",
"position"
],
[
"setting",
"setting"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe."
],
"links": [
[
"null",
"#Noun"
],
[
"lathe",
"lathe"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Computing"
],
"glosses": [
"To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software)."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"crack",
"crack"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing, slang, transitive) To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software)."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/nʌl/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌl"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/En-us-null.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
],
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"linguistics",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "Ø"
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{
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
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"topics": [
"mathematics",
"sciences"
],
"word": "∅"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"null"
],
"word": "null"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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