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fender | null |

As a proper noun fender

is of (etyl) origin, a variant of fenrich or fendler.

As a noun null is

zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.

fender

English

(wikipedia fender)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels
  • (US) a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water
  • (nautical) Any shaped cushion-like object normally made from polymers, rubber or wood that is placed along the sides of a boat to prevent damage when moored alongside another vessel or jetty, or when using a lock, etc. Modern variations are cylindrical although older wooden version and rubbing strips can still be found; old tyres are used as a cheap substitute
  • A low metal framework in front of a fireplace, intended to catch hot coals, soot, and ash
  • Synonyms

    * (sense) (Australian) guard, (British) wheel arch, (British) wing * (sense) (British) mudguard

    Derived terms

    * club fender * fender-bender * fender skirt

    See also

    Image:Fender edit.jpg, the fenders on this car are highlighted red Image:Bicycle-Mudguard-Fender.jpg, the fender on the rear wheel of a bicycle Image:Cockpit-Fender.jpg, the fender on the side of a boat Image:Fireplace fender (false colour).jpg, a fireplace with the fender highlighted in false colour

    Anagrams

    * ----

    null

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  • Zero]] quantity of [[expression, expressions; nothing.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • Something that has no force or meaning.
  • (computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  • (computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
  • Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null .
  • One of the beads in nulled work.
  • (statistics) null hypothesis
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having no validity, "null and void"
  • insignificant
  • * 1924 , Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove :
  • 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.
  • absent or non-existent
  • (mathematics) of the null set
  • (mathematics) of or comprising a value of precisely zero
  • (genetics, of a mutation) causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.
  • Derived terms

    * nullity

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to nullify; to annul
  • (Milton)

    See also

    * nil ----