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Nil is a related term of nada.


As an initialism nil

is (nanotechnology) (nanoimprint lithography).

As a verb nada is

to swim.

nil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Nothing; zero.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
  • As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil .

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • No, not any.
  • * 1982 , Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim , Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:
  • But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.

    See also

    * null * nil desperandum

    nada

    English

    Noun

  • (informal, colloquial, singulare tantum) nothing
  • Antonyms

    * something

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