n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] One of the beads in nulled work. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nullus not any, none; ne not + ullus any, a dim. of unus one; cf. F. nul. See No, and One, and cf. None. ] 1. Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null,
Dead perfection; no more. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a value of zero; as, of null utility. [ PJC ]

3. (Math.) Empty; having no members; as, the null set. [ PJC ]

4. (Computers) Unassigned or meaningless; -- a special value given to variables, especially pointers or logical variables, indicating that it is meaningless and cannot be used in computation; as, an uninitialized pointer in "C" is given a null value. The actual value that is stored in memory to indicate the null condition may vary with the computer language used. [ PJC ]

n. 1. Something that has no force or meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which has no value; a cipher; zero. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Null method (Physics.), a zero method. See under Zero. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ From null, a., or perh. abbrev. from annul. ] To annul. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. nālā, fr. Skr. nāla tube. ] A water course, esp. a dry one; a gully; a gorge; -- orig. an East Indian term. E. Arnold. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Turned so as to resemble nulls. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nulled work (Cabinetwork), ornamental turned work resembling beads (called nulls) strung on a rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nullibi nowhere. ] The state or condition of being nowhere. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nullificatio contempt. See Nullify. ] The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An unbeliever. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nullus none + fides faith. ] Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; -- opposed to solifidian. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]