Nth vs Null - What's the difference?
nth | null |
(mathematics) Occurring at position n in a sequence.
(informal) Occurring at a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.
(mathematics) The item at position n in a sequence.
(informal) The item in a relatively large but unspecified position in a series.
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 nouns the difference between nth and null
is that nth is (mathematics) the item at position n in a sequence while null is zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.As an adjective nth
is (mathematics) occurring at position n in a sequence.nth
English
Alternative forms
* n th * Sometimes written as n'th' or ' n-thAdjective
(-)Quotations
* 1922 — , Prelude *: Shea had just beaten me at chess, as usual, and, also as usual, I had gleaned what questionable satisfaction I might by twitting him with this indication of failing mentality by calling his attention to the nth time to that theory, propounded by certain scientists, which is based upon the assertion that phenomenal chess players are always found to be from the ranks of children under twelve, adults over seventy-two or the mentally defective.Synonyms
* (informal): umpteenthNoun
(en noun)Quotations
* 1909 — *: This is, after all, not strange, for none of them had either knowledge or experience in Occult matters, whereas for over thirty years I have made a special study of this subject, and have gone to and fro over the earth investigating to the nth all records of Spiritual Phenomena.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.