GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Null , a. [L. nullus not any, none; ne not + ullus any, a dim. of unus one; cf. F. nul. See No, and One, and cf. None.]
   Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
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   Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null,
   Dead perfection; no more.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Having a value of zero; as, of null utility.
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   (Math.) Empty; having no members; as, the null set.
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   (Computers) Unassigned or meaningless; -- a special value given to variables, especially pointers or logical variables, indicating that it is meaningless and cannot be used in computation; as, an uninitialized pointer in "C" is given a null value. The actual value that is stored in memory to indicate the null condition may vary with the computer language used.
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2.       
   Null, n.
   Something that has no force or meaning.
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   That which has no value; a cipher; zero.
   Bacon.
   
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   Null method (Physics.), a zero method. See under Zero.
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   Null, v. t. [From null, a., or perh. abbrev. from annul.] To annul. [Obs.]
   Milton.
   
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4.       
   Null, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] One of the beads in nulled work.
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