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fluke | null |
A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
(snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.
A flounder.
A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the Trematoda class, related to the tapeworm.
Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
(nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a ), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.
A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
Zero]] quantity of [[expression, expressions; nothing.
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.
One of the beads in nulled work.
(statistics) null hypothesis
Having no validity, "null and void"
insignificant
* 1924 , Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove :
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.
As a proper noun fluke
is .As a noun null is
zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.fluke
English
Etymology 1
Of uncertain or obscure origin. It seems to have originally referred to a lucky shot at billiards.Noun
(en noun)- The first goal was just a fluke .
Verb
(fluk)- I fluked a pass in the multiple-choice exam.
- He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.
Etymology 2
(etyl)Noun
(en noun)- The man had become infected with flukes after eating a meal of raw fish.
Etymology 3
Possibly as Etymology 2 or from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- The dolphin had an open wound on the left fluke of its tail where the propeller had injured it.
- The fluke of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.
- The polearm had a wide, sharpened fluke attached to the central point.
- After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.
Derived terms
* turn flukesReferences
* Wikipedia article ontrematode
null
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Francis Bacon)
- Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null .
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.