Definitions for NIL
nɪlnil

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zipponoun

   a quantity of no importance

   "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nilnoun

   A special value for a variable used in certain computer languages to mean no assigned value, to be distinguished from the value zero.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nilnoun

   No, not any.

2. nilnoun

   Nothing; zero.

3. Etymology: From nil, a contraction of nihil, nihilum. See nihilism.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NIL

   NIL is an acronym that stands for "nothing" or "zero." It refers to the absence or nonexistence of something, indicating the lack of a value, quantity, or substance. In various contexts, it can represent the absence of information, a score of zero in a game or sport, or a vacant position or unused space.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Nilverb

   will not

2. Nil

   nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping

3. Etymology: [See Nill, v. t.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NIL

   No. Used in reply to a question, particularly one asked using the ‘-P’ convention. Most hackers assume this derives simply from LISP terminology for ‘false’ (see also T), but NIL as a negative reply was well-established among radio hams decades before the advent of LISP. The historical connection between early hackerdom and the ham radio world was strong enough that this may have been an influence.

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1. NIL

   What does NIL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the NIL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NIL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nil is ranked #156044 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Nil surname appeared 104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Nil.
   
   50.9% or 53 total occurrences were Asian.
   17.3% or 18 total occurrences were White.
   16.3% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   9.6% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   5.7% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

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1. • Relative Quantity

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'NIL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1327

Anagrams for NIL »

1. Lin

2. lin

How to pronounce NIL?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say NIL in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of NIL in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of NIL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of NIL in a Sentence

1. James Franklin:

   Agents are tied to the NIL deals that are tied to the marketing people that are tied to these guys when they’re in high school, so it’s extremely challenging.

2. Brad Seligman:

   The current COVID 19 pandemic has resulted in restrictions in the availability of test sites, while test-taking opportunities for all students have been limited, for persons with disabilities, the ability to obtain accommodations or even to locate suitable test locations for the test are' almost nil'.

3. Airservices Australia:

   Air Traffic Control in Sydney are now processing arrivals. Aircraft are landing albeit a slower rate. Nil departures at this time.

4. Brandon Brown:

   At this time the odds of getting Ebola in the U.S. are close to nil,( but) what the survey shows us is that the understanding of Ebola and how its transmitted is REALLY low, we have to expect that one day there will be another epidemic that has the capacity to enter our borders, and if we don’t know how it is transmitted, we ca n’t protect ourselves properly.

5. Terence:

   Homo sum humani nil a me alienum puto.(I am a man I hold that nothing human is alien to me.)

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=NIL
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=NIL
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nil
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/NIL
6. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Nil
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html