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0 (zero, /ˈziː.roʊ/) is a number representing an empty quantity. Adding (or subtracting) 0 to any number leaves that number unchanged; in mathematical terminology, 0 is the additive identity of the integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers, as well as other algebraic structures. Multiplying any number by 0 results in 0, and…

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, Sindhi, Urdu
٠
Assamese, Bengali
Binary
02
Burmese
Cardinal
0, zero, nought, naught, nil, "oh" (/oʊ/)
Chinese
零, 〇

Topics to explore

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Overview

Etymology

Mathematics

History

Symbols and representations

Physics

Computer science

Other fields

Advanced semantic analysis

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How this topic connects Entity context

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Top relations

related to China · 18
0 → AD, Art, As, BC Chinese, Chinese, Figures, Han, Mathematical Art, Mathematical Treatise, Nine Sections, Qín Jiǔsháo's, Supplementary Notes, The, The Nine Chapters, The Sūnzĭ Suànjīng, Xiahou Yang Suanjing, Xu Yue, Zero
related to Classical antiquity · 18
0 → According, Alexander, As, Babylonian, BC, CE, Charles Seife, Greece, Greek, Greeks, Hellenistic, Hipparchus, However, Nieder, Pythagoras, Robert Kaplan, The, There
related to External links · 18
0 → AlgebraEdsger, BBCWeisstein, Dijkstra, Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopædia Britannica, Eric, EWD831, In Our Time, MathWorld, PDF, Searching, Texts, Why, Wikisource, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, World's First ZeroA History, Zero, ZeroZero SagaThe History
related to Pre-Columbian Americas · 15
0 → Americas, BC, Central America, Chiapa, Chiapas, Corzo, Long Count, Many, Maya, Mexico, Olmec, Olmecs, Since, Stela, The Mesoamerican Long Count
related to Ancient Near East · 12
0 → Ancient Egyptian, Babylonian, BC, By, Bêl-bân-aplu, Egyptologist Alan Gardiner, In, Kish, Significantly, The, Therefore, They
related to Computer science · 12
0 → Algol, Binary, Boolean, COBOL, Computer, For, Fortran, However, LISP, Modern, Since, The
related to Symbols and representations · 10
0 → Andalé Mono, German, IBM, In, One, Some, The, Today, Traditionally, Typewriters
is a · 7
0 → additive identity of the integers, cardinality of the empty set, identity element, lowest ordinal number, smallest allowed value for the probability of any event.Category theory introduces the idea of a zero object, smallest nonnegative integer, standard way to refer to a null pointer in code.In databases
related to Modern usage · 6
0 → Depending, For, It, The, The English, UK
related to Other uses in mathematics · 5
0 → Also, In, Neumann, The, When

Important terminology Word statistics

Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.

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Important terminology

zero number used use also numerals value digit numbers bc decimal one symbol ad empty example may arabic greek binary

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.
SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
0Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, Sindhi, Urdu٠1.00infobox
0Assamese, Bengali1.00infobox
0Binary021.00infobox
0Burmese1.00infobox
0Cardinal0, zero, nought, naught, nil, "oh" (/oʊ/)1.00infobox
0Chinese零, 〇1.00infobox
0Duodecimal0121.00infobox
0Hexadecimal0161.00infobox
0Hindu numerals1.00infobox
0Khmer1.00infobox
0Latin prefixnulli-1.00infobox
0Maya numerals𝋠1.00infobox
0Morse code_ _ _ _ _1.00infobox
0Octal081.00infobox
0OrdinalZeroth, noughth, 0th1.00infobox
0Santali1.00infobox
0Senary061.00infobox
0Ternary031.00infobox
0Thai1.00infobox
0← −1 0 1 →← −11.00infobox
0is aadditive identity of the integers0.90text
0is asmallest nonnegative integer0.90text
0is aidentity element0.90text
0is acardinality of the empty set0.90text
0is alowest ordinal number0.90text
0is asmallest allowed value for the probability of any event.Category theory introduces the idea of a zero object0.90text
0is astandard way to refer to a null pointer in code.In databases0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

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    Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

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    Map overview Semantic statistics

    Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.

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    Nodes283
    Edges282
    Triples156
    Avg. degree1.99
    Density0.007067
    Components1
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