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zeroth

[ zeer-ohth ]

adjective

  1. coming in a series before the first:

    the zeroth level of energy.



zeroth

/ ˈzɪərəʊð /

adjective

  1. denoting a term in a series that precedes the term otherwise regarded as the first term
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of zeroth1

First recorded in 1895–1900; zero + -th 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of zeroth1

C20: from zero + -th ²
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Example Sentences

Plus the zeroth law: "A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm."

From Salon

R refers to reproduction and 0 to the zeroth generation, as in patient zero.

“To zeroth order, our ideas of how these things formed seem to be vindicated,” he says.

They also got a serious obesity epidemics, too much good cheap food and zeroth physical activity.

If 13 is the first term, can you find the zeroth term and finally nail down the elusive 14th term using the method of finite differences?

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