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nullity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French nullité and its etymon Medieval Latin nūllitās, from Latin nūllus. By surface analysis, null + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
    • nullity of marriage
  2. (countable, uncountable) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The dimension of the kernel of a linear transformation; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.

Forms

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Deriveds

rank-nullity theorem

Translations (13)

pl zerowość (the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix) · cmn 零化度 (the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix) · hu nullitás (the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix) · cs neplatnost (the state of being null, or void, or invalid) · hu semmisség (the state of being null, or void, or invalid) · fr nullité (the state of being null, or void, or invalid) · es nulidad (the state of being null, or void, or invalid) · bg невалидност (the state of being null, or void, or invalid) · fi mitättömyys (the state of being null, or void, or invalid) · hu érvénytelenség (the state of being null, or void, or invalid) · fi pätemättömyys (the state of being null, or void, or invalid) · fi nulliteetti (the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix) · pl nieważność (the state of being null, or void, or invalid)