Zero /(?)/

Ze·ro

Zero

n.

pl. Zeros, Zeroes

  1. A cipher; nothing; naught. (Arith.)
  2. The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
  3. Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.

Phrases & Compounds
Absolute zero
See under Absolute.
Zero method
a method of comparing, or measuring, forces, electric currents, etc., by so opposing them that the pointer of an indicating apparatus, or the needle of a galvanometer, remains at, or is brought to, zero, as contrasted with methods in which the deflection is observed directly; -- called also null method.
Zero point
the point indicating zero, or the commencement of a scale or reckoning.