Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the ordinal number matching the number 0 in a series.
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- adjective mathematics In the first position in a
sequence whoseelements are numbered starting at zero; theordinal number corresponding to zero. - adjective Corresponding to a position preceding the first.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective preceding even the first
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Examples
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The previously discussed omnidirectional patterns are also called zeroth-order patterns and the other patterns mentioned previously (dipole and cardioid) are called first-order patterns.
FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 05/07/2009 2008
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The previously discussed omnidirectional patterns are also called zeroth-order patterns and the other patterns mentioned previously (dipole and cardioid) are called first-order patterns.
FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 05/07/2009 2008
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For the sake of simplicity the inorganic can be taken to include the quantum level, although perhaps this level could constitute its own 'zeroth' level.
The MoQ Sam Norton 2005
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For the sake of simplicity the inorganic can be taken to include the quantum level, although perhaps this level could constitute its own 'zeroth' level.
Archive 2005-07-01 Sam Norton 2005
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Thus the year in which his father died was his "zeroth" year.
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Thus the year in which his father died was his "zeroth" year.
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If Jehoiachin had been held captive for thirty-seven years before the accession of Evil-Merodach, then "the thirty-seventh year" would have to be the thirty-seventh year following a "zeroth" or "starting" year.
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What cannot be seen is the hierarchically "zeroth" highest part, the root.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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What cannot be seen is the hierarchically "zeroth" highest part, the root.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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One could define zeroth-order objects to be objects which are not predicated of other objects; first-order objects (properties) to be those which are predicated of other objects; second-order objects (binary relationships) to be those which are predicated of pairs of other objects, and so on.
Archive 2009-01-01 Gordon McCabe 2009
vendingmachine commented on the word zeroth
Denoting a term in a series that precedes the term otherwise regarded as the first term.
July 7, 2018
bilby commented on the word zeroth
I'm writing a novel. Zeroth draft complete.
September 8, 2021