nullity
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French nullité, from Medieval Latin nullitas, from Latin nullus.
Pronunciation
editAudio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editnullity (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
editTranslations
editthe state of being null, or void, or invalid
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