Cipher vs. Zero
Difference Between Cipher and Zero
Ciphernoun
A numeric character.
Zeronumeral
The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero.A cheque for zero dollars and zero cents crashed the computers on division by zero.Ciphernoun
Any text character.
Zeronoun
The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string.Write 0.0 to indicate a floating point number rather than the integer zero.The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures.Ciphernoun
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name.
a painter's cipheran engraver's cipherZeronoun
The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
One million has six zeroes.Ciphernoun
A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
The message was written in a simple cipher. Anyone could figure it out.Zeronoun
Nothing, or none.
The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock.He knows zero about humour.In the end, all of our hard work amounted to zero.Ciphernoun
(cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
a public-key cipherZeronoun
The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal.Ciphernoun
Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
The message is clearly a cipher, but I can't figure it out.Zeronoun
The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero.Ciphernoun
A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods:
The probability is 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000 — a number having five ciphers of zeros.Zeronoun
(mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
The zeroes of a polynomial are its roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra.The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero.The nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function may all lie on the critical line.Ciphernoun
(music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
Zeronoun
The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.The zero (of a ring or field) has the property that the product of the zero with any element yields the zero.The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.Ciphernoun
A hip-hop jam session.
Zeronoun
(slang) A person of little or no importance.
They rudely treated him like a zero.Ciphernoun
(slang) The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
Zeronoun
(military) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
Ciphernoun
Someone or something of no importance.
Zeronoun
A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.
Ciphernoun
(dated) Zero.
Zeronoun
(finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.Cipherverb
To calculate.
I never learned much more than how to read and cipher.Zeroadjective
(informal) no, not any
She showed zero respect.Cipherverb
(intransitive) To write in code or cipher.
Zeroadjective
(meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
Cipherverb
Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
Zeroadjective
(meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
Cipherverb
(obsolete) To decipher.
Zeroadjective
(linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the data.
The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".Ciphernoun
a message written in a secret code
Zeroverb
(transitive) To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.
Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.Ciphernoun
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Zeroverb
To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.Ciphernoun
a quantity of no importance;
it looked like nothing I had ever seen beforereduced to nil all the work we had donewe racked up a pathetic goose eggit was all for naughtI didn't hear zilch about itZeroverb
(transitive) To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.Ciphernoun
a person of no influence
Zeroverb
(transitive) To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
Ciphernoun
a secret method of writing
Zeroverb
(intransitive) To disappear
Cipherverb
convert ordinary language into code;
We should encode the message for security reasonsZeronoun
a quantity of no importance;
it looked like nothing I had ever seen beforereduced to nil all the work we had donewe racked up a pathetic goose eggit was all for naughtI didn't hear zilch about itCipherverb
make a mathematical calculation or computation
Zeronoun
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Zeronoun
the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale
Zeroverb
adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
Zeroverb
adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun);
He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yardsZeroadjective
indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration;
a zero scoreZeroadjective
indicating an initial point or origin
Zeroadjective
of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
Zeroadjective
having no measurable or otherwise determinable value;
the goal is zero population growth
