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null

UK/nʌl//nʌl/

null noun: a non-existent or empty value or set of values.

Noun

null (plural nulls)

  1. A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  2. Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
    • The kindes of Cyphars, (beſides the Simple Cyphars with Changes, and the intermixtures of Nvlles, and Nonsignificants) are many, according to the Nature or Rule of infoulding : Wheele-Cyphars, Kay-Cyphars, Dovbles, &c.1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for...
  3. Something that has no force or meaning.
  4. The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  5. The attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
    • Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null.
  6. One of the beads in nulled work.
  7. The null hypothesis.

Adjective

null (comparative more null, superlative most null)

  1. Having no validity; "null and void".
    • And however Firmilian and S. Cyprian might be deceived in the thinking hereticks quite loſt their orders ; yet in this they were untouched, that although their ſuppoſition was queſtionable, yet their ſuperſtructure was not meddled with, viz. That if they had been Lay-perſons, their Baptizations...a. 1667, Rev. Jeremy Taylor, “Clerus Domini: or, A Discourse of the Divine Institution, Necessity, Sacredness, and Separation of the Office Ministerial”, in Ενιαυτος: A Course of Sermons for All the...
    Synonyms:
    invalid, nude, void
  2. Insignificant.
    • In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.1924, Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove
  3. Absent or non-existent.
    • The most recent attempt to contact Pioneer 10 was on 6-7 February 2003. But in this case, the Madrid station got conclusively null results after an assiduous search.2003 February 20, James A. Van Allen, “Termination of Pioneer 10's Mission”, in Pioneer 10 & 11 GTT Charged Particles, The University of Iowa
  4. Of the null set.
  5. Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.
  6. Causing a complete loss of gene function; amorphic.
  7. Neutral.
    • In normal operation, the input cranks to both the MPCU and standby rudder actuator will rotate to provide the servo valve command to the units, and the rudder will be hydraulically moved by the MPCU. The rudder movement is in turn fed back mechanically to both the MPCU and standby actuator systems...2001 March 27, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.3 Detail Examination and Tests of Standby Rudder Actuator Input Shaft and Bearing”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Uncontrolled Descent and...

Verb

null (third-person singular simple present nulls, present participle nulling, simple past and past participle nulled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To nullify; to annul.
    • Thy fair enchanted cup, and warbling charms / No more on me have pow’r, their force is null’d, / So much of Adders wiſdom I have learnt / To fence my ear againſt thy Sorceries.1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes”, in Paradise Regain’d, 5th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, published 1707, page 144
  2. To return to the null position, setting, etc.
    • Three factors could ameliorate the effect of a bound input shaft and bearing. The first is the elasticity of the control system linkage that, against a definable load, will permit sufficient deformation of the otherwise rigid link feedback loop to null the MPCU servo valve. The second factor is the...2001 March 27, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.3 Detail Examination and Tests of Standby Rudder Actuator Input Shaft and Bearing”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Uncontrolled Descent and...
  3. To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.
  4. (slang, transitive) To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software).
    • A nulled or a cracked plugin is basically a hacked version of a paid plugin that offers its premium functionalities for free.2020, Tejas Mayekar, Destroyed In Seconds: 10 Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Website, page 6

Proper noun capitalized: Null

Null (plural Nulls)

  1. A surname.

null meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

null in Tamil

இல்லா நிலையான, ஏதுமற்ற, பொருளற்ற, வெறிதாதல், இல்லாது போதல், வெறுமையான

null in Urdu

null
اشکت aśakt

null in Bengali

অকার্যকর, বাতিল

null in Malayalam

അസാധുവായ, നിലനില്പില്ലാത്ത, ശൂന്യമായ, സ്വഭാവമില്ലാത്ത
More languagesFewer languages
null in Punjabi
ਨੱਲ, ਨੱਲ ਕਰੋ, ਨਲ
null in Gujarati
નલ
null in Nepali
नल
null in Vietnamese
rỗng

Examples of null in a sentence

  • That if they had been Lay-perſons, their Baptizations were null and invalid.a. 1667, Rev. Jeremy Taylor, “Clerus Domini: or, A Discourse of the Divine Institution, Necessity, Sacredness, and Separation of the Office...
  • The first is the elasticity of the control system linkage that, against a definable load, will permit sufficient deformation of the otherwise rigid link feedback loop to null the MPCU servo valve.2001 March 27, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.3 Detail Examination and Tests of Standby Rudder Actuator Input Shaft and...

All 33 example sentences with null

Synonyms of null

30 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Antonyms

  • antinull
  • non-null

All synonyms and antonyms of null

Forms of null

Noun
pluralnulls
Adjective
comparativemore null
superlativemost null
Verb
third-person singular presentnulls
present participlenulling
past participlenulled
pastnulled
Proper noun
pluralNulls

Plural of null: nulls

Origin of null

Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus.

Words formed from null

Phrases with null

9 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with null

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about null

What does null mean?
Null means a non-existent or empty value or set of values.
What is null in Tamil?
Null in Tamil is இல்லா நிலையான, ஏதுமற்ற, பொருளற்ற. See Null meaning in Tamil.
How do you use null in a sentence?
That if they had been Lay-perſons, their Baptizations were null and invalid.
What part of speech is null?
Null can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce null?
Null is pronounced /nʌl/ (UK).
What is the plural of null?
The plural of null is nulls.

Words near null in the dictionary

  1. nulede
  2. nuledes
  3. nulhomotopic
  4. nuliparous
  5. Nulkaba
  6. null
  7. null anaphora
  8. null anaphoras
  9. null and void
  10. null character
  11. null characters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: null (page history and authors); Null (page history and authors); null (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اشکت (Urdu) (page history and authors); null (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); null (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); null (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); null (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); null (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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