Forum: Carrara


Subject: What are 'nulls' and how are they used?

kelley opened this issue on Jan 18, 2003 ยท 9 posts


EtchASketch posted Sat, 18 January 2003 at 8:56 PM

Null Main Entry: null
Pronunciation: 'n&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle French nul, literally, not any, from Latin nullus, from ne- not + ullus any; akin to Latin unus one -- more at NO, ONE
Date: circa 1567
1 : having no legal or binding force : INVALID
2 : amounting to nothing : NIL
3 : having no value : INSIGNIFICANT
4 a : having no elements b : having zero as a limit c of a matrix : having all elements equal to zero
5 a : indicating usually by a zero reading on a scale when a given quantity (as current or voltage) is zero or when two quantities are equal -- used of an instrument b : being or relating to a method of measurement in which an unknown quantity (as of electric current) is compared with a known quantity of the same kind and found equal by a null detector
6 : of, being, or relating to zero
7 : ZERO

It means nothing to me otherwise.
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I don't have a clue what these frenchmen are ever trying to convey in their manuals.

I am a very unique person... Just like everyone else