Spandrel vs Null - What's the difference?
spandrel | null |
(architecture) The space (often triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them
(architecture) The triangular space under a stair; the material that fills the space
(architecture) A horizontal member between the windows of each storey of a tall building
An oriental rug having a pattern of arches; the design in the corners of such a rug, especially in a prayer rug
(genetics) A phenotypic characteristic that evolved as a side effect of a true adaptation
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 spandrel and null
is that spandrel is (architecture) the space (often triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them while null is zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.spandrel
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Alternative forms
*spandrilNoun
(wikipedia spandrel) (en noun)Derived terms
*spandrelledReferences
*OEDnull
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.