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  • /nʌl/ Canada, UK
  • /nʌl/ US
  • /nʊl/ US
  • /nɐl/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /nal/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /nʊl/ Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌl, -ʊl

noun nulls

  1. A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  2. Zero quantity of expressions; nothing. The kindes of Cyphars, (beſides the Simple Cyphars with Changes, and the intermixtures of Nvlles, and Nonsignificants) are many, according to the Nature or Rule of infoulding : Wheele-Cyphars, Kay-Cyphars, Dovbles, &c.
  3. Something that has no force or meaning.
  4. The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  5. The attribute of an entity that has no valid value. Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null.
  6. One of the beads in nulled work.
  7. The null hypothesis.

adjective more null · most null

  1. Having no validity; "null and void". And however Firmilian and S. Cyprian might be deceived in the thinking hereticks quite loſt their orders ; yet in this they were untouched, that although their ſuppoſition was queſtionable, yet their ſuperſtructure was not meddled with, viz. That if they had been Lay-perſons, their Baptizations were

    Similar: invalid, nude, void

  2. Insignificant. In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.

    Similar: immaterial, paltry, vain, base, contemptible, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, foolish, for the birds, futile, frivolous, idle, ignorable

  3. Absent or non-existent. The most recent attempt to contact Pioneer 10 was on 6-7 February 2003. But in this case, the Madrid station got conclusively null results after an assiduous search.

    Similar: beingless, extinct, zilch, absent, inessential, inexistent, nonexistent, null

  4. Of the null set.
  5. Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.
  6. of a mutation Causing a complete loss of gene function; amorphic.
  7. of a position or setting Neutral. In normal operation, the input cranks to both the MPCU and standby rudder actuator will rotate to provide the servo valve command to the units, and the rudder will be hydraulically moved by the MPCU. The rudder movement is in turn fed back mechanically to both the MPCU and standby actuator systems s

Opposite: antinull, non-null

verb nulls · nulling · nulled

  1. archaic, transitive To nullify; to annul. Thy fair enchanted cup, and warbling charms / No more on me have pow’r, their force is null’d, / So much of Adders wiſdom I have learnt / To fence my ear againſt thy Sorceries.
  2. To return to the null position, setting, etc. Three factors could ameliorate the effect of a bound input shaft and bearing. The first is the elasticity of the control system linkage that, against a definable load, will permit sufficient deformation of the otherwise rigid link feedback loop to null the MPCU servo valve. The second factor is the
  3. To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.
  4. slang, transitive To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software). A nulled or a cracked plugin is basically a hacked version of a paid plugin that offers its premium functionalities for free.

Null²

proper noun Nulls

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: void, invalid, nugatory, nullity, nil, vacuum, nowhere, non-existent, zilch, none, non, empty, invalidity, inconsequential, useless, clueless

adjective

Opposite: antinull, non-null

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noun a non-existent or empty value or set of values

Españolvalor nulo
日本語無 mu, 無価値 mukachi, 空白 kūhaku, ゼロ zero, ヌル nuru
中文空值 kōngzhí
Русскийнуль nulʹ, пусто́е по́ле pustóje póle, пусто́й указа́тель pustój ukazátelʹ, пусто́е значе́ние pustóje značénije, нулл null, налл nall
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Españolnulo
Françaisnul, nulle

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@misc{null_2026,
  title = {null},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/null},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}