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Vinony

nullity

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle French nullité and its etymon Medieval Latin nūllitās, from Latin nūllus. By surface analysis, null + -ity.

  1. The state of being null, or void, or invalid.

    “nullity of marriage”

  2. A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
  3. The dimension of the kernel of a linear transformation; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.