NULL | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Null

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

late Middle English: from French nul, nulle, from Latin nullus ‘none’, from ne ‘not’ + ullus ‘any’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: nʌl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

having no legal or binding force; invalid

Short Definition:

invalid

Examples:
  • the court ruled that the contract contained several infringements and therefore declared it null and void
Definition:

having or associated with the value zero.

Short Definition:

having value zero

Definition:

lacking distinctive qualities; having no positive substance or content

Short Definition:

lacking distinctive qualities

Examples:
  • his curiously null life

Word: Null

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: nʌl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a zero.

Short Definition:

zero

Definition:

a dummy letter in a cipher.

Short Definition:

dummy letter in cipher

Definition:

a condition of no signal.

Short Definition:

condition of no signal

Word: Null

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: nʌl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

combine (a signal) with another in order to create a null; cancel out

Short Definition:

cancel out

Examples:
  • the tumour can be more readily identified by nulling the high signal from bone marrow

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