"zero prefix" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zero prefixes [plural]
Etymology: From zero + prefix. Etymology templates: {{com|en|zero|prefix}} zero + prefix Head templates: {{en-noun}} zero prefix (plural zero prefixes)
  1. (UK, telephony) The digit 0 that begins all telephone numbers in the United Kingdom, which is substituted for the country code in the event of international calls. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Telephony
    Sense id: en-zero_prefix-en-noun-Ttr6e-Px Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony
  2. (linguistic morphology) A prefix which is a null morpheme, used in models of linguistic analysis to represent the lack of a prefix where one might otherwise be expected (for example, as one of several inflections that a stem can take, or the reduction of a historically vocalised prefix to the point that it is inaudible). Categories (topical): Linguistic morphology Synonyms: null prefix Related terms: ∅- (english: representation of the zero prefix in linguistics)
    Sense id: en-zero_prefix-en-noun-Dgkg3aew Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences

Inflected forms

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