reset vs zero

reset

verb
  • To set to zero. 

  • To set back to the initial state. 

  • To receive and hide (stolen goods, or a criminal, etc.) 

  • To adjust; to set or position differently. 

noun
  • The act of setting to zero. 

  • That which is reset; printed matter set up again. 

  • Something that is reset. 

  • The act of resetting to the initial state. 

  • A device, such as a button or switch, for resetting something. 

  • The crime of knowingly and dishonestly receiving stolen goods, or harbouring an outlaw. 

zero

verb
  • To cause or set some value or amount to be zero. 

  • To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate an instrument scale to valid zero. 

  • To disappear. 

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

  • To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros. 

noun
  • A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945. 

  • The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero. 

  • A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm, corresponding to a zero value. 

  • The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero. 

  • The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems. 

  • The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal. 

  • The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates. 

  • Nothing, or none. 

  • A person of little or no importance. 

  • A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest). 

  • The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring. 

  • A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero. 

num
  • The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0. 

adj
  • No, not any. 

  • Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less. 

  • Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the surface form. 

  • Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less. 

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