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Curated entry for 0.
Numerological root
0
— the cipher
readings
Cultural — the named echo
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The cipher
From Arabic ṣifr ('empty'), via medieval Latin cifra. The same root gave English both 'zero' and 'cipher' — code.
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Origin / unmanifest
In numerology, 0 amplifies whatever it accompanies and represents potential before form.
Major — the phonetic cipher
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use, see, house, usa, say, easy
consonant skeleton s·z — 20 candidates in the dictionary
Math — the property
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Additive identity
0 + n = n for every n. Also the only number that is neither positive nor negative.