zeroes

Meanings

Noun

• a quantity of no importance
• a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
• the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
• the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing
• plural of zero
• The decade of the 1800s, 1900s, 2000s, etc. The noughties. The 2000s.

Verb

• adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value
• adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)
• third-person singular simple present indicative of zero

Synonyms

0, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, nought, null, zero, zero in, zero point, zeros, zilch, zip, zippo