Tan vs Null - What's the difference?
tan | null |
A symbol of the trigonometric function tangent.
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.
In transitive terms the difference between tan and null
is that tan is to change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.See Wikipedia article on Tanning. To work as a tanner while null is to nullify; to annul.As nouns the difference between tan and null
is that tan is a yellowish-brown colour while null is a non-existent or empty value or set of values.As adjectives the difference between tan and null
is that tan is of a yellowish-brown while null is having no validity, "null and void.As verbs the difference between tan and null
is that tan is to change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun while null is to nullify; to annul.As a numeral tan
is the second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.See Wikipedia article on Yan Tan TetheraAs a proper noun Tan
is an English surname derived from the transliteration of various Asian surnames, particularly originating from China and Vietnam.As an initialism TAN
is Total Acid Number, the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity.tan
Translingual
(wikipedia tan)Symbol
(head)Synonyms
* (l) ----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.