[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

zero \ze"ro\, n.; pl. zerosor zeroes. f. z'ero, from ar.
   ,cafrun, ,cifrun, empty, a cipher. cf. cipher.
   1913 webster
   1. arith. a cipher; nothing; naught.
      1913 webster

   2. the point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a
      thermometer, commences.
      1913 webster

   note: zero in the centigrade, or celsius thermometer, and in
         the r'eaumur thermometer, is at the point at which
         water congeals. the zero of the fahrenheit thermometer
         is fixed at the point at which the mercury stands when
         immersed in a mixture of snow and common salt. in
         wedgwood's pyrometer, the zero corresponds with
         1077deg on the fahrenheit scale. see illust. of
         thermometer.
         1913 webster

   3. fig.: the lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his
      patience had nearly reached zero.
      1913 webster

   absolute zero. see under absolute.

   zero method physics, a method of comparing, or measuring,
      forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that
      the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a
      galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as
      contrasted with methods in which the deflection is
      observed directly; -- called also null method.

   zero point, the point indicating zero, or the commencement
      of a scale or reckoning.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster
see also:
zeros zeroes cipher thermometer absolute zero absolute 
zero method null method zero point 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

zero
     adj 1: indicating the absence of any or all units under
            consideration; "a zero score" syn: 0
     2: indicating an initial point or origin
     3: of or relating to the null set a set with no members
     4: having no measurable or otherwise determinable value; "the
        goal is zero population growth" syn: zeroa
     n 1: a quantity of no importance; "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
     2: a mathematical element that when added to another number
        yields the same number syn: 0, nought, cipher, cypher
     3: the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale
        syn: zero point
     v 1: adjust an instrument or device to zero value
     2: adjust as by firing under test conditions the zero of a
        gun; "he zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards" syn: zero in
     also: zeroes pl
see also:
0 zeroa nothing nil nix nada 
null aught cipher cypher goose egg 
naught zilch zip nought zero point 
zero in zeroes 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

zeroes
     see zero
see also:
zero 

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