Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negative zero

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
neg-a-tive ze-ro
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A signed magnitude representation of zero in which the sign bit indicates a negative number.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

negative zeros (plural) negative zeroes (plural)

Phrases

positive zero

Frequently Paired Words

positive zero

Questions

What does negative zero mean?
A signed magnitude representation of zero in which the sign bit indicates a negative number.

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