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Definition of Zero
Ze´ro | n. | 1. | | | 1. | (Arith.) A cipher; nothing; naught. | | 2. | The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences. | | 3. | Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.| 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. |
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