English Explanatory Dictionary

nil-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Zero.
  2. Used for the digit zero to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name.

Word forms

nil-

Etymology

From Latin nil (“nothing”), shortened form of nihil.

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