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    Cardinal: zero
    Ordinal: zeroth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 0th
    Adverbial: never

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Etymology

From zero + -th (ordinal suffix).

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zeroth (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) In the initial position in a sequence whose elements are numbered starting at zero; the ordinal number corresponding to zero.
    The zeroth order polynomial approximation is constant.
  2. Corresponding to a position preceding the first.
    A and C are in equilibrium following the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.

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