null (n l)adj.1. Having no legal force; invalid: render a contract null and void. 2. Of no consequence, effect, or value; insignificant. 3. Amounting to nothing; absent or nonexistent: a null result. 4. Mathematics Of or relating to a set having no members or to zero magnitude. tr.v. nulled, null·ing, nulls To make null. n.1. Zero; nothing. 2. An instrument reading of zero.
[French nul, from Old French, from Latin n llus; see ne in Indo-European roots.] |
null Adjective
1. null and void not legally valid
2. null set Maths a set with no members [Latin nullus none]
nullity n
null (n l) Of or relating to a set having no members or to zero magnitude. |
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| Noun | 1. | null - 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"goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, zero, zilch, zip, zippo, aught, cypher, cipher nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" |
| Adj. | 1. | null - lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" invalid - having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license" |
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Translationsnull [nʌl] adj null and void →
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