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xp | null |

As an initialism xp

is (computing) or xp can be (us|military|aviation|obsolete) experimental pursuit fighter (prefix).

As an abbreviation xp

is (grammar|x-bar theory) "x phrase": a phrase which consists of either: (1) an optional specifier and an x-bar phrase, or (2) a conjunction sandwiched between two other xps the x is a "pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as n for noun, v for verb, p for preposition, i for inflectional, etc.

As a noun null is

zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.

xp

English

(wikipedia XP)

Etymology 1

Initialism

(Initialism) (en-initialism)
  • (computing)
  • (gaming)
  • Etymology 2

    Combination of prefix P and prefix modifier X

    Initialism

    (Initialism)
  • (US, military, aviation, obsolete) experimental pursuit fighter (prefix)
  • xeroderma pigmentosum
  • Derived terms
    * *
    See also
    * XA, XB, XC, XF, XQ * X-plane * YP

    Etymology 3

    X'' is a variable which can stand for letters representing parts of speech such as: ''N'' (noun), ''V'' (verb), ''P (preposition), etc.

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • (grammar, X-bar theory) "X Phrase": a phrase which consists of either: (1) an optional specifier and an X-bar phrase, or (2) a conjunction sandwiched between two other XPs. The X is a "pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as N for noun, V for verb, P for preposition, I for inflectional, etc.
  • Hyponyms
    * AP * IP * NP * PP * VP

    Anagrams

    *

    null

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  • Zero]] quantity of [[expression, expressions; nothing.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • 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.
  • Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null .
  • One of the beads in nulled work.
  • (statistics) null hypothesis
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having no validity, "null and void"
  • insignificant
  • * 1924 , Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove :
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Derived terms

    * nullity

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to nullify; to annul
  • (Milton)

    See also

    * nil ----