noun
Meaning 1
The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- nullity of marriage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nullity
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noun
Meaning 2
A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The dimension of the kernel of a linear transformation; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, enactment
noun
Meaning 5
the state of nonexistence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nothingness, void, nihility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonexistence, nonentity
Narrower terms: thin air
History
Etymology
From Middle French nullité and its etymon Medieval Latin nūllitās, from Latin nūllus. By surface analysis, null + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: невалидност (nevalidnost) — the state of being null, or void, or invalid
- Czech: neplatnost — the state of being null, or void, or invalid
- Finnish: mitättömyys — the state of being null, or void, or invalid
- Finnish: pätemättömyys — the state of being null, or void, or invalid
- French: nullité — the state of being null, or void, or invalid
- Hungarian: semmisség — the state of being null, or void, or invalid
- Hungarian: érvénytelenség — the state of being null, or void, or invalid
- Polish: nieważność — the state of being null, or void, or invalid
- Chinese Mandarin: 零化度 (línghuàdù) — the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix
- Finnish: nulliteetti — the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix
- Hungarian: nullitás — the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix
- Polish: zerowość — the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix