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ze·ro (zîr

, z

)

n. pl. ze·ros or ze·roes

1. The numerical symbol 0; a cipher.

2. Mathematics

a. The identity element for addition.

b. A cardinal number indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration.

c. An ordinal number indicating an initial point or origin.

d. An argument at which the value of a function vanishes.

3. The temperature indicated by the numeral 0 on a thermometer.

4. A sight setting that enables a firearm to shoot on target.

5. Informal One having no influence or importance; a nonentity: a manager who was a total zero.

6. The lowest point: His prospects were approaching zero.

7. A zero-coupon bond.

8. Informal Nothing; nil: Today I accomplished zero.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or being zero.

a. Having no measurable or otherwise determinable value.

b. Informal Absent, inoperative, or irrelevant in specified circumstances: "The town has . . . practically no opportunities for amusement, zero culture" (Robert M. Adams).

3. Meteorology

a. Designating a ceiling not more than 16 meters (52 feet) high.

b. Limited in horizontal visibility to no more than 55 meters (180 feet).

4. Linguistics Of or relating to a morpheme that is expected by an established, regular paradigm but has no spoken or written form. Moose has a zero plural; that is, its plural is moose.

tr.v. ze·roed, ze·ro·ing, ze·roes

To adjust (an instrument or a device) to zero value.

Phrasal Verbs:

zero in

a. To aim or concentrate firepower on an exact target location.

b. To adjust the aim or sight of by repeated firings.

2. To converge intently; close in: The children zeroed in on the display of toys in the store window.

zero out

1. To eliminate (a budget or budget item) by cutting off funding.

2. To reduce to zero.

[Italian, from alteration of Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ifr, nothing, cipher; see cipher.]

Translations

? zero out

vt (= eliminate) → eliminieren; data, e-mails → löschen

vi (US Telec) die Taste 0 drücken, um von einem Anrufbeantworter zu einem direkten Gesprächspartner durchgestellt zu werden

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Tellme has also fine tuned its automated speech applications to increase response accuracy that will minimize zero outs.

Tellme by Customer Interaction Solutions

LOUIS -- Derek Lowe had faced two batters, thrown fivepitches and recorded zero outs.

DODGERS NOTEBOOK: WINLESS STREAK HITS NEW LOWE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

It also strongly advises investing in creating and tapping into social networking communities and making self-service work in all channels to avoid abandonments and live agent zero outs.

A new report by Forrester Research by Customer Interaction Solutions

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Zero morpheme
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Zero Motion Vector
Zero Motivation Factor
Zero Nerve Response
Zero Net Energy
Zero Net Growth Isocline
Zero Nitrogen Balance
Zero Noise
Zero Nominal Growth
Zero Normal Load
Zero of a function
Zero One Infinity
Zero One Programming
Zero One Technology Co., Ltd.
Zero Optical Path Difference
Zero option
zero options
Zero or One Occurrence per Sequence
Zero Order Hold
Zero order kinetics
Zero Order Kinetics Formulation
Zero order, Fixed corridor, Non-redundant Sample Transmission

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Zero Over-Pricing
Zero Overhead Growth
Zero Overhead Loop Buffer
Zero Overhead Task Switch
Zero Overlap of Atomic Orbital approximation
Zero Overpricing
zero ozone depletion potential
Zero Padding
Zero Padding Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
Zero Parts per Million
Zero Path Difference
Zero Percent Discount
Zero Period Acceleration
Zero Period Ground Acceleration
Zero Phase Error Tracking Control
Zero Phase Sequence
zero phase-sequence relay
Zero Plus Dialing, Inc.
Zero Plus Tick
Zero Plus Ticks
Zero Plus-Tick
Zero Plus-Ticks
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