Null (?), a. [L. nullus not any, none; ne not + ullus any, a dim. of unus one; cf. F. nul. See No, and One, and cf. None.]
Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null,
Dead perfection; no more.
Tennyson.
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Null, n.
1.
Something that has no force or meaning.
2.
That which has no value; a cipher; zero.
Bacon.
Null method Physics., a zero method. See under Zero.
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Null, v. t. [From null, a., or perh. abbrev. from annul.]
To annul.
[Obs.]
Milton.
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Null, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
One of the beads in nulled work.
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