Tra từ zero - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. a quantity of no importance (Freq. 6)
- it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
- reduced to nil all the work we had done
- we racked up a pathetic goose egg
- it was all for naught
- I didn't hear zilch about it
• Syn:
nothing, nil, nix, nada, null,
aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zilch,
zip, zippo
• Hypernyms:
relative quantity
• Hyponyms:
nihil, bugger all, fuck all, Fanny Adams, sweet Fanny Adams
2. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
0, nought, cipher, cypher
• Derivationally related forms:
cypher (for: cypher), cipher (for: cipher)
• Hypernyms:
digit, figure
3. the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
• Syn:
zero point
• Hypernyms:
numerical quantity
4. the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
• Hypernyms:
sight setting

II - verb

1. adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
• Hypernyms:
adjust, set, correct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)
- He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards
• Syn:
zero in
• Hypernyms:
adjust, set, correct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

III - adjective

1. indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration (Freq. 5)
- a zero score
• Syn:
0
• Similar to:
cardinal
2. having no measurable or otherwise determinable value (Freq. 1)
- the goal is zero population growth
• Similar to:
no
3. indicating an initial point or origin (Freq. 1)
• Similar to:
ordinal
4. of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
• Pertains to noun:
null set