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to null

to null

1 7.8
To make something have no effect or value
  • verb
  • /nʌl/
translation icon : anular
  • The technician was able to null the erroneous data from the report to ensure its accuracy.
  • nulling interferometry

So maybe that sort of nulls out and that's about it.

Examples

  • With a probable launch date of 2006, SIM is also being designed to serve as a testbed for the technique of nulling interferometry that will be used by the Terrestrial Planet Finder, planned for launch in about 2011.

    Academic text (2000)

  • So maybe that sort of nulls out and that's about it.

    WVFRM Podcast

  • Why can't I null this out?

    Apollo 13 (1995)

  • Israel needs to go ahead and make good use of this incident to clear out all the rocket threats and null the threat from that direction.

    Blog text (4)

  • We'd like you to roll right to 0-6-0 and null your rates.

    Apollo 13 (1995)

  • Therein lies the problem with N & K; in their attempt to show black body balance, they have nulled their hypothesis.

    Blog text (18)

  • The electrical field nulls the polymer solution through the air, stretching it into a tiny fiber.

    Academic text (2006)

  • In this way, the distortions in the stellar wavefronts are "nulled out," and the wavefronts are returned to the shape they had above the atmosphere.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Nulling interferometry with TPF will allow direct imaging and spectroscopy of Earth-like planets around nearby stars.

    Academic text (2000)

  • When evaluating a candidate position, the so-called minimum variance distortionless processor minimizes or nulls contributions from other positions.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

to cancel out
vsto null
12 4.0

Make one thing stop the effect of another so nothing happens

is broader, meaning to remove value or force rather than only counteract
to zero
vsto null
  • Specialized
2 6.8

Set an instrument so it shows zero before taking measurements

is about removing value or force, not only instrument calibration
to nullify
vsto null
  • Specialized
1 6.6

To set a variable or data field to no value

applies generally to remove value or force beyond computing contexts
to brought to nought
vsto null
  • Archaic
7.9

Make something fail completely so it has no effect

focuses on the action of making something have no effect rather than the state

Antonyms

to validate
  • Formal
87 3.9

To make something officially acceptable by showing proof

Idioms

null and void
  • Formal
12 4.8

Not legally valid or binding

Compounds

null set
  • Specialized
1 6.2

A set that has no members

null space
  • Specialized
9.6

A set of vectors that a matrix sends to the zero vector

How Cancelled

to annul
  • Formal
6 6.3
to null
1 7.8
to neutralize
39 5.6
to counteract
47 4.8
to offset
104 4.4
to reduce
∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

null infinitive
nulled past
nulled past participle
nulling present participle
nulls third person singular

Etymology

Null as a verb goes back to the idea of making something into 'nothing'; it shares the root nullus and is like the word annul. So to null a signal or result is to make it have 'no value' or cancel its effect.