nil

  • 11nil — /nil/, n. 1. nothing; naught; zero. adj. 2. having no value or existence: His credit rating is nil. [1805 15; < L nil, var. (by apocope) of nilum, contr. of nihilum nothing, equiv. to ni (var. of ne not) + hilum trifle] * * * …

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  • 12nil — [nil] n. [L, contr. of NIHIL] nothing adj. zero; so small as not to be measurable [our chances were nil] …

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  • 13Nil — [See {Nill}, v. t.] Will not. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14Nil — Nil, n. & a. [L., a contr. of nihil.] Nothing; of no account; worthless; a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping. A. J. Ellis. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15Nil — Nil, n. (computers) A special value for a variable used in certain computer languages to mean no assigned value, to be distinguished from the value zero. [PJC] …

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  • 16Nil [1] — Nil (lat. Nilus, gr. Neilos, wahrscheinlich von dem indischen Nilas, der Schwarze, wegen seines schwarzen, schlammigen Wassers, im Alten Testament der Fluß schlechthin genannt), Fluß im Nordosten Afrikas u. der Strom Ägyptens, welchen schon Homer …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 17Nil — Nil, dieser einzige Fluß Aegyptens, der seine Fluthen durch ein 100 M. langes, üppiges Thal wälzt, welches jedoch nur 3–7 M. breit ist, dieser wohlthätige Strom, ohne welchen Aegypten nicht bestehen könnte, fließt, nachdem er die Wasserfälle bei&#8230; …

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  • 18nil- — [lat. nil, nihil, nihilum = nichts, null]: Zahlwortstamm in systematischen Namen von Transactiniden (↑ Unnil ) …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 19nil — (n.) nothing, 1833, from L. nil, contraction of nihil, nihilum nothing, not at all; in vain, from ne not (see UN (Cf. un) ) + hilum small thing, trifle, of unknown origin …

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  • 20nil — (izg. nȋl) zam. DEFINICIJA v. nihil ETIMOLOGIJA lat …

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