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1 : having no legal or binding force : invalid a null contract
2 : amounting to nothing : nil the null uselessness of the wireless transmitter that lacks a receiving station— Fred Majdalany
3 : having no value : insignificant … news as null as nothing …— Emily Dickinson
4a : having no elements (see element sense b(3))
null set
b : having zero as a limit
null sequence
c of a matrix : having all elements equal to zero
5a : indicating usually by a zero reading on a scale when a given quantity (such as current or voltage) is zero or when two quantities are equal
—used of an instrument
b : being or relating to a method of measurement in which an unknown quantity (as of electric current) is compared with a known quantity of the same kind and found equal by a null detector
6 : of, being, or relating to zero
The meter gave a null reading.
7 : zero sense 1c
null
nounDefinition of null (Entry 2 of 3)
1 : zero sense 3a(1)
2a : a condition of a radio receiver when minimum or zero signal is received
b : a minimum or zero value of an electric current or of a radio signal
null
verbnulled; nulling; nulls
Definition of null (Entry 3 of 3)
: to make null
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Synonyms & Antonyms for null
Synonyms: Adjective
Synonyms: Verb
- abate,
- abolish,
- abrogate,
- annul,
- avoid,
- cancel,
- disannul,
- dissolve,
- invalidate,
- negate,
- nullify,
- quash,
- repeal,
- rescind,
- roll back,
- strike down,
- vacate,
- void
Antonyms: Adjective
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Examples of null in a Sentence
Adjective
the contract was null because one party forgot to sign it
that information is as null as no information at all Verb
asked the state court to null the election results because of widespread voting irregularities
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Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Otherwise, if your employer leaves the company, or simply forgets, those agreements are null.
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Deborah Acosta, WSJ, "How to Negotiate and Counter a Job Offer," 7 Dec. 2020 In every tokamak, there is a null point in the magnetic field.
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Chris Lee, Ars Technica, "Smaller, more efficient tokamak could follow in ITER’s fusion footsteps," 27 Oct. 2020 And like the two preceding sequences, the density of numbers is null at infinity.
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Jean-paul Delahaye, Scientific American, "For Math Fans: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Number 42," 21 Sep. 2020 That reality has turned ironically null amid COVID-19.
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Caitlin Conant, CBS News, "Postmaster general testifies: Dems focus on mail voting, GOP hones in on USPS funding," 21 Aug. 2020 Hariri also would like to see more neuroscientists publish their null findings.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Duke scientist questions his own research with new study faulting task fMRI," 8 July 2020 But whether that means the clause is now null was not answered.
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Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, "Questions about local control linger as Alaska adjusts health mandate on reopening," 24 Apr. 2020 Fifty years later, those efforts are at risk of being rendered null.
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NBC News, "Earth Day at 50: Why the legacy of the 1970s environmental movement is in jeopardy," 21 Apr. 2020 But the null result might also make a cynic wonder whether the warm-up really matters at all.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, "Your Warm-Up Doesn’t Matter as Much as You Think," 28 Mar. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Immediately after the election, Maduro ordered its supreme court to declare null all proposals that came from the national assembly.
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Jorge Jraissati, National Review, "Venezuela’s Sham Election," 2 Dec. 2020 However, the worsening coronavirus pandemic and the public’s unpredictable response renders nearly all conventional political wisdom null.
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cleveland, "Bernie Sanders ends Democratic presidential campaign," 8 Apr. 2020 Human rights prosecutor Jordán Rodas asked the tribunal to overturn it, arguing that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs or other consequences made the agreement null.
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Washington Post, "US Homeland Security discusses asylum agreement in Guatemala," 31 July 2019 That benefit is rendered null, however, when people take photos with the intent of sharing them on, say, Instagram.
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Rebecca Jennings, Vox, "Everyone wants to Instagram the world’s most beautiful canyon. Should they?," 11 July 2019 The server logs are sent to dev/null, a nonexistent directory on Linux machines.
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Ian Paul, PCWorld, "Mullvad 2018 review: A fantastic VPN has a great new look," 17 Oct. 2018 SlideComponent);var w=[],y=null,C=function(e){function t(n,i,r){e.call(this,t,y,_.ViewType.
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Car and Driver, "No title," 12 July 2018 SlideComponent);var w=[],y=null,C=function(e){function t(n,i,r){e.call(this,t,y,_.ViewType.
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Car and Driver, "No title," 12 July 2018 SlideComponent);var w=[],y=null,C=function(e){function t(n,i,r){e.call(this,t,y,_.ViewType.
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Car and Driver, "No title," 12 July 2018 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Miley threw 51/3 perfect innings, nulled three runners in the seventh and tried to complete a shutout in the ninth.
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Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, "Wade Miley's superb start squandered as Astros fall to A's in 11 innings," 24 July 2019 The sats surge their signal strength to overwhelm any noise from an enemy trying to jam them, while nulling antennas pinpoint the attack and dampen the signal with counter-noise.
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Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Doomsday Satellites and the Space Wars To Come," 15 Feb. 2018 Come kickoff Saturday night, any previous patterns and statistics for Futbol Club Cincinnati are nulled.
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Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, "FC Cincinnati enters USL Playoffs under different circumstances from last Rowdies game," 21 Oct. 2017 However, the shock lead was nulled three minutes before the break, as Cristiano Ronaldo levelled things up from 12-yards-out, punishing the 24-year-old Lilywhites right-back's decision to bring down Toni Kroos inside the area.
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SI.com, "Mauricio Pochettino Left Proud of His Players After Gaining Invaluable Point in Madrid," 18 Oct. 2017 Don’t worry that cooking with it will null the point: The heat is not so high as to damage the principal flavors.
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Emily Horton, charlotteobserver, "Eggplant and tomato make the pasta sauce of summer," 29 Aug. 2017 Don’t worry that cooking with it will null the point: The heat is not so high as to damage the principal flavors.
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Emily Horton, sacbee, "Eggplant and tomato make the pasta sauce of summer," 29 Aug. 2017
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adjectiveEnglish Language Learners Definition of null
law : having no legal power
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adjective\ ˈnəl \
\Kids Definition of null
: having no legal force : not binding
The law was declared null and void.
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\Legal Definition of null
: having no legal or binding force : void a null contract
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