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The definition of null is a zero value, or is something that is no longer valid or relevant.
(adjective)- When you have zero of something, this is an example of null.
- When a contract is voided, this is an example of a null contract.
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See null in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- without legal force; not binding; invalid: usually in the phrase
- amounting to naught; nil
- of no value, effect, or consequence; insignificant
- Math. designating, of, or being zero, as
- having all zero elements: null matrix
- having a limit of zero: null sequence
- having no members whatsoever: null set
Origin: MFr nul < L nullus, not any, none < OL *n(e) oin(o)los, not a one < ne, not (see no) + dim. of oinos < IE *oinos: see one
See null in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Having no legal force; invalid: render a contract null and void.
- Of no consequence, effect, or value; insignificant.
- Amounting to nothing; absent or nonexistent: a null result.
- Mathematics Of or relating to a set having no members or to zero magnitude.
To make null.
noun- Zero; nothing.
- An instrument reading of zero.
Origin:
Origin: French nul
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin nūllus; see ne in Indo-European roots
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