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As nouns the difference between zero and gold

is that zero is the numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero while gold is a heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.

As adjectives the difference between zero and gold

is that zero is none while gold is made of gold.

As verbs the difference between zero and gold

is that zero is to set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero while gold is to pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning.

As a numeral zero

is the cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

As an adverb gold is

of or referring to a gold version of something.

As a proper noun Gold is

{{surname|lang=en}.

zero

English

(wikipedia zero)

Numeral

(head)
  • (cardinal) The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as .
  • The conductor waited until the passenger count was zero .
    A cheque for zero''' dollars and '''zero''' cents crashed the computers on division by '''zero .

    Usage notes

    * In an adjectival sense, used with the plural of a countable noun: *: I have zero''' dollars and '''zero food.

    Synonyms

    * * o * cipher * (informal) goose egg * naught * nil * no * null

    Derived terms

    * division by zero * zero method * zeroth, zeroeth

    See also

    *

    Noun

  • The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.
  • The digit in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.
  • (informal, uncountable) Nothing, or none.
  • The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}
  • The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.
  • (mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.
  • (senseid) (mathematics, algebra) The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.
  • Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists.
    The zero''' (of a ring or field) has the property that the product of the '''zero''' with any element yields the '''zero .
    The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.
  • (slang) A person of little or no importance.
  • They rudely treated him like a zero .
  • (military) A , a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.
  • A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.
  • (finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).
  • The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes .

    Synonyms

    * (numeric symbol zero) cipher * (digit zero) slashed zero * (point of origin on a scale) origin, zero point * (lowest point) nadir * (negligible or irrelevant amount) naught, nil, nothing, nought, nowt, null, (informal)'' bugger all, ''(informal) fuck all, nada, sod all, sweet FA, sweet Fanny Adams, zilch, zip * (person of little importance) cipher, nobody, nonentity * root * (identity element of a monoid) additive identity

    Derived terms

    * absolute zero * aleph-zero * decimal without a zero * go from zero to hero * ground zero * negative zero * non-zero * positive zero * size zero * sub-zero * zero air * zero-based budget * zero coupon bond * zero-day * zero deflection * zero-dimensional * zero-emission vehicle * zero-grade * zero hour * zero hundred * zero-knowledge * zero-knowledge proof * zero-length launching * zero one infinity rule * zero-point energy * zero-rated * zero-sum * zero-sum game * zero vector * zero gravity

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal, used with noun) none
  • She showed zero respect.
  • (meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.
  • (meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.
  • (linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the data.
  • The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet".

    Synonyms

    * no

    Derived terms

    * zero tolerance

    Verb

    (es)
  • To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.
  • Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction.
  • (computing) To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.
  • Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization.
  • To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.
  • They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter.
  • To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.
  • * 2001 , Mark Pesce, "True Magic", in True Names by Vernor Vinge and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier , James Frenkel (editor)
  • They discovered the object code for the simulator that was DON, and zeroed it. DON — or his creator — was clever and had planted many copies,
  • * 2004 , Anna Maxted, Being Committed , page 358
  • If I zeroed Jack, I'd get by So I'd erased him, pretended the last few months had never happened.
  • To disappear
  • * 1997 , Tom Clancy, Executive Orders , page 340
  • Traffic on the encrypted channels used by senior Iraqi generals had peaked and zeroed', then peaked again, and ' zeroed again.

    Synonyms

    * (to set to zero) tare * (to cause to be zero) zero out

    Derived terms

    * zero in * zero in on * zero out

    gold

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gould (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at yellow.

    Noun

  • (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
  • (countable) A coin made of this material, or supposedly so.
  • (countable) A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
  • (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
  • (countable) A gold medal.
  • France has won three golds and five silvers.
  • (figuratively) Anything or anyone considered to be very valuable.
  • * 2010 , Paul Hendy, Who Killed Simon Peters?
  • Now obviously this meant that I went over my allotted time, but the theatre management didn't mind because I was giving them comedy gold and that's what gets bums on seats.
  • * 2012 , Victor Pemberton, Leo's Girl
  • Marge Quincey didn't deserve a husband like his dad. He was pure gold , and she wasn't worth a light beside him.
    Synonyms
    * when used as a food colouring
    Derived terms
    * all that glisters is not gold, all that glitters is not gold * argental gold * * cloth of gold * colloidal gold * colored gold, coloured gold * dead gold * dentist gold * ducat gold * eka-gold * Etruscan gold * fairy gold * filled gold * fool's gold * go for the gold * go gold * gold album * gold-amalgam * gold-balls * gold-bank * gold basket * gold-beater, goldbeater * gold-beating * gold bee * gold beetle * gold beryl * gold blocking * gold-bob * gold bond * gold-book * gold braid * gold-breasted trumpeter * gold brick, gold-brick, goldbrick * gold-bricker * gold-bricking * gold bug * gold bullion * gold bullion standard * gold-capped weaver bird * gold-carp * gold certificate * gold-chain * gold chalcogenide * gold chloride * gold clause * gold cloth * gold-color, gold-colour * gold-copper ore * goldcrest * gold-crested wren * gold-cups * gold currency * gold-dig * gold-digger * gold-digging * gold disc, gold disk * gold-dredge, gold-dredger * gold-dredging * gold-driver * gold-drop * gold-dropper * gold dust * gold-dusty * golden * gold exchange * gold farmer * gold farming * gold-fever * gold-field, goldfield * goldfielder * gold-filled * gold-film, gold-film glass * goldfinch * gold-finder * goldfinny * goldfish * Gold Fixing * gold flat * gold-flower * gold-flux * gold foil, gold-foil * gold-fringe * gold halide * gold-hammer * gold-head * gold-heart * gold-hunger * gold hydrazide * goldilocks, * goldish * goldite * gold-knap, gold-knop, gold-knops * gold-laced * gold leaf, gold-leaf * goldless * gold-like * gold-lily * gold-lip * gold medal * gold medalist/gold medallist * gold-mill * gold mine, gold-mine * gold-mining * gold-mohr, gold-mohur * * gold-mouthed * gold-note * gold of Bruges * gold of Genoa * gold of pleasure * gold of Venice * gold-pan * gold pentafluoride * gold plate, gold-plate * gold-plated * gold-plating * gold point * gold-powder * gold-purple * gold-quartz * gold-rain * gold record * gold reserve * gold robin * gold rush, gold-rush * gold salt * gold-sand * gold-shell * gold-shrub * goldsinny * gold-size * gold-skin * goldsmith * goldsmithery * gold-solder * gold sovereign * gold-spangle * goldspink * gold-spot * gold standard * gold stick, gold-stick * gold-stone, goldstone * gold swift * gold-tail, gold-tail moth * gold telluride * gold therapy * gold-thirst * gold-thread, goldthread * gold-tipped * gold tooth * gold top * gold trichloride * gold value * gold-washed * gold-washer * gold window * gold-work, gold-works * goldy * * green gold * heart of gold * jeweler's gold, jeweller's gold * (Kolar Gold Fields) * leprous gold * make a gold * Mannheim gold * mock gold * mosaic gold * old gold * potable gold * red gold * rhodium-gold * rolled gold * rose gold * shell gold * spangle gold * strike gold * telluric gold * telluride of gold and silver * white gold

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of gold.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
  • Having the colour of gold.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
  • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold'-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in ' gold lines.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=3 citation , passage=Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.}}
  • (label) Premium, superior.
  • Synonyms
    * (having the colour of gold) golden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning
  • See also

    * arsenic * auramine * aurata * aurate * aurated * aureate * aureation * aureity * aurelia * aurelian * aureola * aureole * aureoled * aureolin * aureoline * aureomycin * aureus * aurian * auric * auricomous * auride * auriferous * aurifex * aurific * aurification * aurify * aurigraphy * aurin * auriphrygiate * aurivorous * auro- * aurous * aurulent * aurum * chryselephantine * chryso- * kincob * Midas * or * ormolu * oroide * orphrey * orpiment * philosopher’s stone * zari * (trans-bottom)

    Etymology 2

    From (gold master), a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
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  • Adverb

    (-)
  • of or referring to a gold version of something
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