Zeroing

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.

"Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction."

2.verbTo change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.

"Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization."

3.verbTo cause or set some value or amount to be zero.

"They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter."

4.verbTo eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.

5.verbTo disappear

6.nounThe act, or the result of zeroing

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