zero

indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration

“a zero score”

having no measurable or otherwise determinable value

“the goal is zero population growth”

indicating an initial point or origin

of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)

a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential

“it looked like nothing I had ever seen before”

“reduced to nil all the work we had done”

“we racked up a pathetic goose egg”

“it was all for naught”

a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured

the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing

adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)

“He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards”