Sulfur vs Null - What's the difference?
sulfur | null |
(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16.
(countable, uncountable) A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests.
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 sulfur and null
is that sulfur is sulfur (chemical element) while null is zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.sulfur
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Alternative forms
* sulphurNoun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (element) brimstoneDerived terms
* desulfur, desulphur * disulfur, disulphur * flowers of sulfur, flowers of sulphur * hepar sulphuris * hydrodesulfurization, hydrohydrodesulphurisation, hydrohydrodesulphurization * iron-sulfur cluster, iron-sulphur cluster * potash of sulfur, potash of sulphur * sulf-, sulfo-, sulph-, sulpho- * sulfa-, sulpha- * sulfonium, sulphonium * * * * * * sulfurate, sulphurate * sulfur acid, sulphur acid * sulfur alcohol, sulphur alcohol * sulfur bacterium, sulphur bacterium * sulfur bath, sulphur bath * sulfur-bottom, sulphur-bottom * sulfur-bottom whale, sulphur-bottom whale * sulfur butterfly, sulphur butterfly * sulfur cast, sulphur cast * sulfur cockatoo, sulphur cockatoo * sulfur-color, sulphur-colour * sulfur-colored, sulphur-coloured * sulphur cone * sulfur-crested cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo * sulfur cycle, sulphur cycle * sulfur dibromide, sulphur dibromide * sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide * sulfured, sulphured * sulphur-headed cauliflower * sulfur ether, sulphur ether * sulfuretum, sulphuretum * sulfur fungus, sulphur fungus * sulfur hexafluoride, sulphur hexafluoride * sulfuric, sulphuric * sulfuriferous, sulphuriferous * sulfur impression, sulphur impression * sulfuring, sulphuring * sulfurity, sulphurity * sulfur match, sulphur match * sulfur monoxide, sulphur monoxide * sulphur of ivy * sulfur ore, sulphur ore * sulfur oxide, sulphur oxide * sulfur parakeet, sulphur parakeet * sulfur pearl, sulphur pearl * sulfur print, sulphur print * sulfur pyrites, sulphur pyrites * sulfur rain, sulphur rain * sulfur salt, sulphur salt * sulfur shower, sulphur shower * sulfur soap, sulphur soap * sulfur spring, sulphur spring * sulfur tree, sulphur tree * sulfur trioxide, sulphur trioxide * sulfur tuft, sulphur tuft * sulphur vivum * sulfur weed, sulphur weed * sulfur works, sulphur works * sulfurwort, sulphurwort * sulfur yellow, sulphur yellow * sulfury, sulphury * sulfuryl, sulphuryl * tetrasulfur, tetrasulphur * vegetable sulfur, vegetable sulphur * virgin sulfur, virgin sulphur * volcanic sulfur, volcanic sulphur * ultra-low sulfur diesel, ultra-low sulphur dieselVerb
(en verb)See also
* acid rain * alunite * barite * cinnabar * cysteine * dithionous acid * Epsom salts * galena * gunpowder * gypsum * heparin * Lawesson's reagent * mercaptan * methionine * oleum * polythionic acid * pyrite * sodium dithionate * sodium dithionite * sphalerite * stibnite * thi-, thio- * thiol * thiolate * thionic * ----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.
