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vacuum

English

Alternative forms

  • vacuüm (rare)

Etymology

From Latin vacuum (an empty space, void), noun use of neuter of vacuus (empty), related to vacare (be empty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?væ.kju?m/, /?væ.kju?.?m/

Noun

vacuum (plural vacuums or (rare) vacua) (see usage notes)

  1. A region of space that contains no matter.
  2. (plural only "vacuums") A vacuum cleaner.
  3. The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, such as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.
    a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch
  4. (physics) A spacetime having tensors of zero magnitude

Usage notes

  • The Latin in vacuo is sometimes used instead of in a vacuum (in free space).

Synonyms

  • (a region of space that contains no matter): vacancy, void
  • (vacuum cleaner): hoover (British)

Antonyms

  • (region of space that contains no matter): plenum

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

vacuum (third-person singular simple present vacuums, present participle vacuuming, simple past and past participle vacuumed)

  1. (transitive) To clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
  2. (intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner.
  3. (transitive, databases) To optimise a database or database table by physically removing deleted tuples.

Synonyms

  • (transitive sense): to hoover (British)
  • (intransitive sense): to do the hoovering, to hoover (British)

Translations


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.k??m/

Noun

vacuum m (plural vacuums)

  1. vacuum (space containing no matter)

Synonyms

  • vide

Descendants

  • Turkish: vakum

Further reading

  • “vacuum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

vacuum

  1. accusative neuter singular of vacuus

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin vacuum

Noun

vacuum n (plural vacuumuri)

  1. vacuum

Declension


Spanish

Alternative forms

  • vácuum (recommended)

Noun

vacuum m (plural vacuums)

  1. vacuum

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zero

Translingual

Etymology

From English zero

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?zi??ro] [sic]

Numeral

zero

  1. Code word for the digit 0 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet

Synonyms

ITU/IMO code word nadazero

References


English

Etymology

From French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, nothing, cipher), itself calqued from Sanskrit ????? (??nya, void, nothingness).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /?z?????/
  • (US) enPR: zîr??('), z??r?('), IPA(key): /?z??(?)o?/, /?zi(?)?o?/
  • Rhymes: -?????, -i????
  • Hyphenation: zero

Numeral

zero

  1. The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

Usage notes

  • In an adjectival sense, used with the plural of a countable noun or with an uncountable noun:
    I have zero dollars and zero food.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

zero (countable and uncountable, plural zeroes or zeros)

  1. The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
  2. The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
  3. (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
  4. The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
  5. The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
  6. (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
  7. (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
  8. (slang) A person of little or no importance.
  9. (military) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
  10. A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.
  11. (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).

Synonyms

  • (numeric symbol zero): cipher
  • (digit zero): slashed zero
  • (point of origin on a scale): origin, zero point
  • (lowest point): nadir
  • (negligible or irrelevant amount): naught, nil, nothing, nought, nowt, null, (informal) bugger all, (informal) fuck all, nada, sod all, sweet FA, sweet Fanny Adams, zilch, zip
  • (person of little importance): cipher, nobody, nonentity
  • (value of a function’s variables at zero): root
  • (identity element of a monoid): additive identity

Antonyms

  • (value of a function's variables at zero): pole

Hyponyms

Holonyms

  • (value of a function's variables at zero): kernel

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

zero (not comparable)

  1. (informal) no, not any
  2. (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
  3. (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
  4. (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form.

Synonyms

  • (informal: virtually none): no

Derived terms

  • zero growth
  • zero tolerance

Translations

Verb

zero (third-person singular simple present zeroes or zeros, present participle zeroing, simple past and past participle zeroed)

  1. (transitive) To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.
  2. (transitive, computing) To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
  3. (transitive) To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
  4. (transitive) To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
  5. (intransitive) To disappear

Synonyms

  • (to set to zero): tare
  • (to cause to be zero): zero out

Derived terms

  • zero in
  • zero in on
  • zero out

Translations


Basque

Etymology

From Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, nothing, cipher).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s?e.?o/

Numeral

zero

  1. zero
    Synonym: huts

Declension


Catalan

Etymology

From Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, nothing, cipher).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?z?.?o/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /?z?.?u/

Numeral

zero m or f

  1. zero
  2. (metrology) zero; origin point of a scale

Derived terms

  • hora zero
  • zero a l’esquerra
  • zero absolut

Noun

zero m (plural zeros)

  1. zero

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English zeroFrench zéroItalian zeroSpanish cero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ze.ro/

Numeral

zero

  1. (temperature) zero
  2. (arithmetic) cipher, nought

Interlingua

Numeral

zero

  1. zero

Italian

Etymology

From New Latin zerum, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, nothing”, “cipher). Doublet of cifra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d?z?.ro/
  • Rhymes: -?ro
  • Hyphenation: zè?ro

Numeral

zero

  1. zero

Noun

zero m (plural zeri)

  1. zero
  2. nil (football)

Derived terms

  • a zero
  • zero assoluto
  • zero spaccato
  • zero zero sette
  • l'ora zero

See also

  • Appendix:Italian numbers

Japanese

Romanization

zero

  1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Noun

zer?

  1. dative singular of zerum
  2. ablative singular of zerum

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

zer +? -o

Noun

zero m

  1. blond (male person)

See also

  • zerê

Polish

Etymology

From French zéro, from Italian zero, from zefiro, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, nothing, cipher).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?z?.r?/

Numeral

zero n

  1. zero

Declension

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • zerówka, zerowa?

Further reading

  • zero in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • zero in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic ?????? (?ifr, nothing, cipher). Doublet of cifra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?z?.?u/
  • Hyphenation: ze?ro

Numeral

zero m or f

  1. zero

Usage notes

Takes the plural.

Synonyms

  • nenhum (equivalent pronoun)

Noun

zero m (plural zeros)

  1. zero (name of the digit 0)
  2. zero (worthless person)
  3. nothing

Derived terms

Verb

zero

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of zerar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French zéro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ze.ro/

Numeral

zero

  1. zero

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