adj.
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(usu. in phr. null and void)
having no legal force; invalid.
- having or associated with the value zero.
▸Mathematics (of a set or matrix) having no elements, or only zeros as elements.
- having no positive substance.
n.
- a dummy letter in a cipher.
- Electronics a condition in which no signal is generated; something generating no signal.
v.
Electronics cancel out, creating a null.
Etymology
ME: from Fr. nul, nulle, from L. nullus ‘none’, from ne ‘not’ + ullus ‘any’.