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nullability

nullability noun: the state or property of being nullable.

Noun

nullability (countable and uncountable, plural nullabilities)

  1. The state or property of being nullable.
    • When this is not explicitly defined, a user-defined data type or a column definition will use the default setting for nullability.1999, Brad McGehee, SQL Server 7 Administration, page 174
    • Because nullability is one of a number of attributes of any particular database field, and because dealing with changes in nullability is no different from dealing with name and data type changes, the idea of making a value type nullable in C# when it isn't nullable in the database just in case the...2006, Eric Gunnerson, A Programmer's Introduction to C# 2.0, page 271

Forms of nullability

pluralnullabilities

Origin of nullability

From null + -ability.

Questions about nullability

What does nullability mean?
Nullability means the state or property of being nullable.
What part of speech is nullability?
Nullability is a noun.
What is the plural of nullability?
The plural of nullability is nullabilities.

Words near nullability in the dictionary

  1. nulla pœna sine lege
  2. Nulla Vale
  3. nulla-nulla
  4. nulla-nullas
  5. nullabilities
  6. nullability
  7. nullable
  8. nullables
  9. Nullaginian
  10. nullaginite
  11. nullah

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