Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cipher | Yes | No | Yes | No |
zero | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
cipher (noun) | zero (noun) |
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a secret method of writing | the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing |
a message written in a secret code | the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured |
a person of no influence | a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number |
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential |
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number |
cipher (adjective) | zero (adjective) |
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of or relating to the null set (a set with no members) | |
indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration | |
having no measurable or otherwise determinable value | |
indicating an initial point or origin |
cipher (verb) | zero (verb) |
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make a mathematical calculation or computation | adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun) |
convert ordinary language into code | adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value |