The difference between Pole and Zero

When used as nouns, pole means originally, a stick, whereas zero means the numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

When used as verbs, pole means to propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole, whereas zero means to set a measuring instrument to zero.

Zero is also numeral with the meaning: the cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in arabic numerals as 0.

Zero is also adjective with the meaning: no, not any.

check bellow for the other definitions of Pole and Zero

  1. Pole as a noun:

    Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.

  2. Pole as a noun (angling):

    A type of basic fishing rod.

  3. Pole as a noun:

    A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.

  4. Pole as a noun (slang, spotting):

    A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.

  5. Pole as a noun (historical):

    A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards).

  6. Pole as a noun (motor racing):

    Pole position.

  7. Pole as a noun (US, rap music, slang):

    A gun.

  1. Pole as a verb:

    To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

    Examples:

    "Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work."

  2. Pole as a verb:

    To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

    Examples:

    "He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity."

  3. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To furnish with poles for support.

    Examples:

    "to pole beans or hops"

  4. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To convey on poles.

    Examples:

    "to pole hay into a barn"

  5. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

  1. Pole as a noun:

    Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.

  2. Pole as a noun:

    A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).

  3. Pole as a noun (geometry):

    A fixed point relative to other points or lines.

  4. Pole as a noun (electricity):

    A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.

  5. Pole as a noun (complex analysis):

    For a meromorphic function f(z), any point a for which f(z) \rightarrow \infty as z \rightarrow a.

    Examples:

    "The function <math>f(z) = \frac{1}{z-3}</math> has a single pole at <math>z = 3</math>."

  6. Pole as a noun (obsolete):

    The firmament; the sky.

  7. Pole as a noun:

    Either of the states that characterize a bipolar disorder.

  1. Pole as a verb (transitive):

    To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

  1. Zero as a noun:

    The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

    Examples:

    "In unary and k-adic notation in general, zero is the empty string."

    "Write 0.0 to indicate a floating point number rather than the integer zero."

    "The zero sign in American Sign Language is considered rude in some cultures."

  2. Zero as a noun:

    The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.

    Examples:

    "One million has six zeroes."

  3. Zero as a noun (informal, uncountable):

    Nothing, or none.

    Examples:

    "The shipment was lost, so they had zero in stock."

    "He knows zero about humour."

    "In the end, all of our hard work amounted to zero."

  4. Zero as a noun:

    The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.

    Examples:

    "The electromagnetic field does not drop all of the way to zero before a reversal."

  5. Zero as a noun:

    The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.

    Examples:

    "The temperature outside is ten degrees below zero."

  6. Zero as a noun (mathematics):

    A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.

    Examples:

    "The zeroes of a polynomial are its roots by the fundamental theorem of algebra."

    "The derivative of a continuous, differentiable function that twice crosses the axis must have a zero."

    "The nontrivial zeros of the Riemann zeta function may all lie on the critical line."

  7. Zero as a noun (mathematics, algebra):

    The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.

    Examples:

    "Since a commutative zero is the inverse of any additive identity, it must be unique when it exists."

    "The zero (of a ring or field) has the property that the product of the zero with any element yields the zero."

    "The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element."

  8. Zero as a noun (slang):

    A person of little or no importance.

    Examples:

    "They rudely treated him like a zero."

  9. Zero as a noun (military):

    A , a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.

  10. Zero as a noun:

    A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.

  11. Zero as a noun (finance):

    A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).

    Examples:

    "The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes."

  1. Zero as an adjective (informal):

    no, not any

    Examples:

    "She showed zero respect."

  2. Zero as an adjective (meteorology):

    Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.

  3. Zero as an adjective (meteorology):

    Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.

  4. Zero as an adjective (linguistics):

    Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the data.

    Examples:

    "The stem of "kobieta" with the zero ending is "kobiet"."

  1. Zero as a verb (transitive):

    To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.

    Examples:

    "'Zero the fluorometer with the same solvent used in extraction."

  2. Zero as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.

    Examples:

    "Results were inconsistent because an array wasn’t zeroed during initialization."

  3. Zero as a verb (transitive):

    To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.

    Examples:

    "They tried to zero the budget by the end of the quarter."

  4. Zero as a verb (transitive):

    To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.

  5. Zero as a verb (intransitive):

    To disappear

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