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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#m2) 3) Zero degrees Celsius is the temperature at which water freezes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#m3) 4) To zero in on something is to aim straight at it or focus on it closely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the mystic school: In notes 10 and 11 the zero is a refusal, "here, not", that buys every difference; "the zero is not the enemy of the one. It is the proof that the one meant something." In the primary lessons: In maths zero is the number for «none»: adding or taking away 0 changes nothing, multiplying by 0 always gives 0, and you cannot divide by 0. It is a place holder in numbers like 105 and 2,030. On a number line numbers below zero are negative. In science zero degrees Celsius is freezing point. In everyday life: «zero waste», «zero tolerance», «below zero» (very cold), «from zero to ten». Phrases: «absolute zero», «zero in on». ### examples - His desire for power is exactly zero. (note 07) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x1) - Take the zero away and the one forgets what it was. (note 10) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x2) - So the zero is not the enemy of the one. (note 10) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x3) - The resort's owner, "Satan, the owner of the server", charges practically nothing: zero point zero one percent of each god's efficiency gain after the stay; he is probably not a god at all, but an enterprising NPC who noticed the gods were tired and negotiated with his own deity. (lesson 017) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x4) - But he is magnificently unhinged, with exactly zero desire for power; he spends on talent, buying the worst villains so guests have something to push against, and he admits the old hot-stone treatment went too far, "one more case" at a time. (lesson 017) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x5) - Five take away five is zero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x6) - Any number times zero is zero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x7) - It was below zero last night, so the pond froze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x8) - Our team scored zero goals in the first half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x9) - Count down: three, two, one, zero, lift-off! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x10) - In the number 407 the zero holds the tens place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x11) - The eagle zeroed in on a rabbit in the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x12) - The ruler starts at zero, not at one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x13) - His first feeling was of anger; his next that his temper fell to zero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/#x14) ### note Plural: zeros (also zeroes). In the UK people also say «nought» or «nil» (in football scores), and when reading phone numbers aloud people often say «oh». Zero is an even number. Zero is neither positive nor negative. In word problems «none», «no», «nothing left» mean 0. Trap: 0 ÷ 5 = 0, but 5 ÷ 0 has no answer. ### In the corpora - [Bees were reported to learn that an empty card means less than one, a bit like zero, though this is still argued.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/11/) - [Teachers and computer checkers often spot copied work, and cheating usually means a zero and a talk with your parents.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/201-cheating-in-tests-and-homework/24/) - [Indian mathematicians treated zero as a real number, and the digits 0 to 9 on your calculator were invented in India.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/4/) - [Think of writing one hundred and five: without a zero, how would you tell 105 from 15?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/8-ancient-india-ashoka-zero-and-our-numbers/5/) - [The Maya counted in twenties and had their own sign for zero, a shell, invented separately from India.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/18-the-maya/12/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «zero» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/Z/zero/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.