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Definition of Nought
1. Noun. A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number.
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure
Derivative terms: Cipher, Cypher, Zero
Definition of Nought
1. n. & adv. See Naught.
Definition of Nought
1. Noun. Nothing; something which does not exist. ¹
2. Noun. A thing or person of no worth or value; nil. ¹
3. Noun. Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game. ¹
4. Noun. The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero. ¹
5. Adjective. (obsolete) Good for nothing; worthless. ¹
6. Adjective. Wicked, immoral. ¹
7. Verb. To abase, to set at nought. ¹
8. Adverb. To no extent; in no way; not at all. ¹
9. Adverb. Not. ¹
10. Pronoun. Nothing; zero. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nought
1. naught [n -S] - See also: naught
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nought
Literary usage of Nought
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poems and Plays of John Masefield by John Masefield (1918)
"Born for nought else but to attempt a rhyme That shall describe her womanhood
aright, ... Bor n for nought else: there is a spirit tells My lot's a King's, ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"'Twas a cypher [0] she wrote, nought was read by the blind, Whilst nought said
the dumb, and nought the deaf heard." DAVUS NON ŒDIPUS SUM. ..."
3. Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture Course for First Year by William Edward Ayrton (1896)
"If, however, the current be so strong as to fuse the wire, then the current will
become nought, just as the stream of water or gas becomes nought on the tap ..."
4. Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture-course, for First Year by William Edward Ayrton (1891)
"Potential of the Earth Arbitrarily taken as nought.—Unfortunately the statical
measurement of electric potential is not nearly as simple as the statical ..."
5. Confessio Amantis of John Gower by John Gower, Reinhold Pauli (1857)
"My worthy prince, of whom I write, Thus fiant he with him felve clere And doth
what lith in his powere, nought only here at home to feke Love and accorde, ..."
6. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... To trust on hem it is follie, Jw they nill in no manner gree, ?* fight nought
for charitee. *«* in the same sect are set *H tho that ..."
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