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null / nəl/ • adj. 1. having no legal or binding force; invalid: the establishment of a new interim government was declared null and void. 2. having or associated with the value zero. ∎ Math. (of a set or matrix) having no elements, or only zeros as elements. ∎ lacking distinctive qualities; having no positive substance or content: his curiously null life. • n. poetic/lit. a zero. ∎ a dummy letter in a cipher. ∎ Electr. a condition of no signal. ∎ a direction in which no electromagnetic radiation is detected or emitted. • v. [tr.] Electr. combine (a signal) with another in order to create a null; cancel out. |
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"null." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "null." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-null.html "null." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-null.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "null." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "null." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-null.html T. F. HOAD. "null." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-null.html |
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null null and void having no legal or binding force.
null hypothesis in a statistical test, the hypothesis that there is no significant difference between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "null." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "null." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-null.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "null." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-null.html |
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NULLOf no legal validity, force, or effect; nothing. As used in the phrase null and void, refers to something that binds no one or is incapable of giving rise to any rights or duties under any circumstances. |
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"Null." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Null." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703130.html "Null." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703130.html |
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see herbicide . |
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" ." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. " ." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-N-2-4D.html " ." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-N-2-4D.html |
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null •annul, cull, dull, gull, hull, lull, mull, null, scull, skull, Solihull, trull, Tull
•seagull • multihull • monohull
•numbskull • Elul
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"null." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "null." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-null.html "null." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-null.html |
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