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null  (nl)

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.

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[French nul, from Old French, from Latin nllus; see ne in Indo-European roots.]

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null

Adjective

1. null and void not legally valid

2. null set Maths a set with no members [Latin nullus none]

nullity n

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null  (nl)

Of or relating to a set having no members or to zero magnitude.

Thesaurus

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 relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose nihil - (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ); "nihil habet" bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams - little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"
Adj.	1.	null - lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void" 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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null

adjective null and void invalid, useless, void, worthless, ineffectual, valueless, inoperative

Translations

null [nʌl] adj null and void → nulo y sin efecto

null [nʌl] adj null and void → nul(le) et non avenu(e)

null [nʌl] adj null and void → null und nichtig

null [nʌl] adj null and void → nullo/a