zeroth
English
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK, New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈzɪəɹəʊθ/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) enPR: zîrʹōth('), zēʹrōth('), IPA(key): /ˈzɪɹ(ˌ)oʊθ/, /ˈzi(ˌ)ɹoʊθ/
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊθ, -iːɹəʊθ
- Hyphenation: zeroth
Adjective
zeroth (not comparable)
- (mathematics) In the initial position in a sequence whose elements are numbered starting at zero; the ordinal number corresponding to zero.
- The zeroth order polynomial approximation is constant.
- Corresponding to a position preceding the first.
- A and C are in equilibrium following the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.
Synonyms
- noughth (rare)
Translations
ordinal number corresponding to zero
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corresponding to a position preceding the first
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