Definition of zeroing
- zeroing Verb Present participle of zero
- zero Cardinal number The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.
- zero Noun The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
- zero Noun The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
- zero Noun Nothing, or none.
- zero Noun The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
- zero Noun The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
- zero Noun A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
- zero Noun The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
- zero Noun A person of little or no importance.
- zero Noun A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
- zero Noun A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.
- zero Noun A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
- zero Adjective Virtually none.
- zero Adjective Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
- zero Adjective Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
- zero Adjective Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the data.
- zero Verb To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.
- zero Verb To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
- zero Verb To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
- zero Verb To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
- zero Verb To disappear
