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Zero

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A word of Arab origin signifying a cipher, and employed to denote a neutral point in scale between an ascending and descending series, or between positive and negative.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Zero'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​z/zero.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.