nullity
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Etymology
From Middle French nullité, from Medieval Latin nullitas, from Latin nullus.
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
nullity (countable and uncountable, plural nullities)
- The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
- nullity of marriage
- (law) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
- (mathematics) The difference between the rank of a matrix and the number of columns it has; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.
Derived terms
- decree of nullity
- rank-nullity theorem
Translations
the state of being null, or void, or invalid
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the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix
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