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| - | '''0''' ('''zero''') is both a [[number]] and the [[numerical digit]] used to represent that number in [[numeral]]s. In the [[English language]], zero may also be called '''null''' or '''nil''' when a number, "oh" , "goose egg", or '''cipher''' (archaic) when a numeral, and '''nought''' or '''naught''' in either context. | + | |
| - | The [[concept]] of zero as a number and not merely a symbol for separation is attributed to India, where, by the [[9th century AD]], practical calculations were carried out using zero, which was treated like any other number, even in case of division. | + | ==Etymology== |
| + | From French ''zéro'', from Italian ''zero'', from Medieval Latin ''zephirum'', from Arabic ''صفر'' (ṣifr, “[[nothing]], [[cipher]]”). | ||
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| - | From French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صفر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”). | ||
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Etymology
From French zéro, from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صفر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”).
Namesakes
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