zero

In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.

One million has six zeroes.

The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock.

Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.

The zeroes of a polynomial are its roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra.

Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.

They rudely treated him like a zero.

The visit to Townsville was filled with nostalgia for me. I remembered very well staying there on June 8, 1942. I shared a room with a brave and friendly officer, Colonel Francis Stevens. Early the next morning we flew to Port Moresby in New Guinea, and from there we took off in separate planes. Colonel Stevens never returned from that flight; his plane was shot down by a Japanese Zero.

The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.