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📚 adj • entry_id 374

zero

/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cero • nulo
Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
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📚 noun • entry_id 373

zero

/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cero
The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.
Write 0.0 to indicate a floating point number rather than the integer zero.
cero
The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets…
One million has six zeroes.
cero • nada • nula • nulo
Nothing, or none.
He knows zero about humour.
The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock.
cero • raíz
A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero.
The zeroes of a polynomial are its roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra.
cero a la izquierda • don nadie
A person of little or no importance.
They rudely treated him like a zero.
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📚 num • entry_id 372

zero

/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cero
The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.
The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.
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📚 verb • entry_id 375

zero

/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
poner a cero
To set some amount to be zero.
The bill was over $400, but the server zeroed it out as a gesture of gratitude.
They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.