null

noun

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.

adj

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 null and invalid.”

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.”

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.”

4. Of the null set.
5. Of or comprising a value of precisely zero.
6. Causing a complete loss of gene function; amorphic.
7. Neutral.

verb

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.
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.”

name

1. A surname.