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nullable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinosder. Proto-Italic *noinolos Latin nūllusder. Old French nul Middle French nulbor. English null Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English nullable From null + -able.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) That may be nullified; nullifiable.
   • Then you regard as nullable and voidable the laws of Titius and Apuleius, because they are unjust. 1841, F. Barham, The political works of Marcus Tullius Cicero:
2. (not-comparable, of a variable or object) That is allowed to have a null value.
   • You want to perform an aggregation on a column, but the column is nullable. 2006, Anthony Molinaro, SQL Cookbook:

Deriveds

nullability

nullable en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinosder. Proto-Italic *noinolos Latin nūllusder. Old French nul Middle French nulbor. English null Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English nullable From null + -able.

Meanings

1. A variable, etc. that is allowed to have a null value.

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