"nullity" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nullity.wav [UK] Forms: nullities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French nullité, from Medieval Latin nullitas, from Latin nullus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|nullité}} Middle French nullité, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|nullitas}} nullitas, {{der|en|la|nullus}} Latin nullus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nullity (countable and uncountable, plural nullities)
  1. The state of being null, or void, or invalid. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being null, or void, or invalid): невалидност (nevalidnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), semmisség (Hungarian), érvénytelenség (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-nullity-en-noun-KCxTvpDA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 21 16 Disambiguation of 'the state of being null, or void, or invalid': 90 8 2
  2. (law) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-nullity-en-noun-G5c6hHRh Topics: law
  3. (mathematics) The difference between the rank of a matrix and the number of columns it has; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix): nullitás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-nullity-en-noun-bz~O9A8D Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix': 7 4 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: decree of nullity, rank-nullity theorem

Inflected forms

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