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# 0

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## Translingual

The number and digit 0

### Alternative forms

 Chinese numerals: 零, 〇 Arabic: ٠ Bengali: ০ Devanagari: ० Khmer: ០ Lao: ໐ Digital seven segment displays:

### Etymology

 ०

Tenth century “West Arabic” variation of the Nepali form of Hindu-Arabic numeral ٠ (compare Devanāgarī script ), adopted for use with the Latin script in Europe as ‘0’.

### Cardinal number

0

1. The cardinal number zero indicating absence of any quantity.
2. A digit in decimal and every other base numbering system.
2010
000100112
0x1000E001
3. (mathematics) The identity element with respect to addition.
$\exists\,\mathbf{0}:\forall a\in A:\mathbf{0}+a=a+\mathbf{0}=a$
4. (Template loop detected: Template:context 1) A Boolean or truth value corresponding to false.
f : Bk → B : B = {0, 1}
A&B&C=0 → A=0 || B=0 || C=0

## English

### Pronunciation

• (number, digit, “zero”):
• (digit, “oh”):
The pronunciation as a digit is very often shortened to that of the letter O to save time or keep rhythm. This change is required for the tens place of minutes following the hour and in shortened pronunciation of numbers between 10 and 19 hundred, including years, as well as their truncated two-digit forms, where the zero is a leading digit. It is also very common when saying telephone numbers, decimals after the decimal point, the leading zero in decimal fractions less than one, or many other words such as 007.

### Noun

 Singular 0 Plural {{{1}}}
0 ({{{1}}})
1. The cardinal number zero indicating absence of any quantity.
They scored 0 in their worst game yet.
2. numeral corresponding to the number and digit zero.
Hexadecimal numbers ending in 0 are divisible by 16.
The flashing 0 indicates that time is up.
3. The origin, starting point, or fixed reference point, especially for a measurement.
The 0 for the Celsius scale is 273.15 Kelvin.
4. (Template loop detected: Template:context 1) The off or low bit state.
If the NOT gate input is 1, the output is 0.

#### Derived terms

0

1. Of no or zero quantity; of cardinality zero.
In the desert 0 cm precipitation per month is common.
2. Of the origin, starting point, especially for a measurement.
The ice will begin to melt at 0 degrees C.

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