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null

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What does null mean?

noun

  1. A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  2. Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
  3. Something that has no force or meaning.
More meanings (16)

noun

  1. The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  2. The attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
  3. One of the beads in nulled work.
  4. The null hypothesis.

adjective

  1. Having no validity; "null and void".
  2. Insignificant.
  3. Absent or non-existent.
  4. Of the null set.
  5. Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.
  6. Causing a complete loss of gene function; amorphic.
  7. Neutral.

verb

  1. To return to the null position, setting, etc.
  2. To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.
  3. (slang) To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software).
  4. (archaic) To nullify; to annul.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/nʌl/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/nʊl/
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The Stamp Act was to make everybody stamp all materials so they should be null and void.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
Then they are null and void--and no matter how precise and explicit and unmistakable they may be!
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558
More book examples (3)
If you believe that sin, death, and the curse are void, why, they are null, zero.
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
And, in fact, what objection can be offered to a conception so radically null, so intangible as that of M. Blanc?
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444
A game is null and void if it is shown that a mistake was made in setting the board or men.
Edward LaskerChess StrategyTranslated by J. (Jules) Du MontProject Gutenberg ebook #5614