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zero meaning in Sinhala

ශුන්යය śunyaya

UK/ˈzɪəɹəʊ/

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zero in Sinhala: ශුන්යය (śunyaya). In English, zero means the cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

Sinhala words for zero

cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing
ශුන්යය śunyaya

English meaning of zero

  1. numeral The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
  2. noun The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
  3. noun The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
  4. noun Nothing, or none.

Full definition of zero

zero in a sentence

  • The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.
  • A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.
  • In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.

Synonyms of zero

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Questions about zero in Sinhala

What is the meaning of zero in Sinhala?
Zero in Sinhala is ශුන්යය (śunyaya).
zero යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Zero: ශුන්යය (śunyaya).
What does zero mean in English?
Zero means the cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

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