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null
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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.

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

null [nʌl]
adj
1. without legal force; invalid; (esp in the phrase null and void)
2. without value or consequence; useless
3. lacking distinction; characterless a null expression
4. nonexistent; amounting to nothing
5. (Mathematics) Maths
a.  quantitatively zero
b.  relating to zero
c.  (of a set) having no members
d.  (of a sequence) having zero as a limit
6. (Physics / General Physics) Physics involving measurement in which an instrument has a zero reading, as with a Wheatstone bridge
[from Latin nullus none, from ne not + ullus any]

null  (nl)
Of or relating to a set having no members or to zero magnitude.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nullnull - 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"
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.nullnull - 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"

null
adjective
null and void invalid, useless, void, worthless, ineffectual, valueless, inoperative The agreement had been declared null and void.
Translations
null [nʌl] ADJnulo, inválido
to render sb's efforts nullinvalidar los esfuerzos de algn
null and void (Jur) → nulo
null [ˈnʌl] adj
null and void → nul(le) et non avenu(e); [agreement, contract, results]
to be declared null and void → être déclaré(e) nul(le) et non avenu(e)
null
adj (Jur) act, decree(null und) nichtig, ungültig; to render something null and voidetw null und nichtig machen
null [nʌl] adj null and void (Law) → nullo/a
null [nʌl] adj null and void (Law) → nullo/a


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