What is the definition of nothing?

Answer 1

Is there such a thing as nothing?

Answer 2

Nothing is the lack or absence of anything. Colloquially, however, the term is often used to describe a particularly unimpressive thing, event, or object.

In mathematics, nothing does not have a technical meaning. It could be said that a set contains "nothing" if and only if it is the empty set, in which case its cardinality (or size) is zero. In other words, the word "nothing" is an informal term for an empty set.

In physics, the word nothing is not used in any technical sense. A region of space is called a vacuum if it does not contain any matter. But it can contain physical fields. In fact, it is practically impossible to construct a region of space which contains no matter or fields, since gravity cannot be blocked and all objects at a non-zero temperature radiate electromagnetically. However, supposing such a region existed, it would still not be "nothing", since it has properties and a measureable existence as part of the quantum-mechanical vacuum.

The concept of "nothing" has been studied throughout history by philosophers and theologians; many have found that careful consideration of the notion can easily lead to the logical fallacy of reification. (If one does not believe that nothing is no thing.) The understanding of "nothing" varies widely between cultures, especially between Western and Eastern cultures and philosophical traditions. For instance, emptiness, unlike "nothingness," is considered a state of mind in Buddhism . Existentialism and Heidegger have brought these two understandings closer togethe

Answer 3

Main Entry: 3nothing
Function: noun
1 a : something that does not exist b : the absence of all magnitude or quantity; also : ZERO 1a c : NOTHINGNESS, NONEXISTENCE
2 : someone or something of no or slight value or size
3 : a light, playful, or frivolous remark -- usually used in plural
- for nothing
1 : without reason
2 : at no charge

Answer 4

The center of everything is a genetic
wave length.
When this frequency collapses, the
quarks drop below the speed of
dimension, thus losing their time
and space.
This might be as close to nothing as
we can get.

Answer 5

It is a situation where being *could exist,* but *it does not|*

An essence (a "what" of something) is present in potential or conceptual form, but does not have actuality in reality|


For example, if we say that there is no vase on the table, when in fact there is not, that is an expression of the fact of non-being in a given situation|

A vase could exist on the table, but it is only potentially there and is there only as a concept in our mind that we understand as a possibility|


That is the principle of non-being that is intelligible to us|

It is *essence* without *existence|*






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Answer 6

Nothing is what was before the beginning of the universe, commonly referred to as "The Big Bang". No space, no time, nothing.

Answer 7

1. no thing; not anything; naught: "to say nothing."
2. no part, share, or trace (usually fol. by of): "The house showed nothing of its former magnificence."
3. something that is nonexistent.
4. nonexistence; nothingness: "The sound faded to nothing."
5. something or someone of no importance or significance: "Money is nothing when you're without health."

Answer 8

no thing; not anything; naught; no part, share, or trace; something that is nonexistent; nonexistence; nothingness; something or someone of no importance or significance; trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark; a person of little or no importance; a nobody; something that is without quantity or magnitude; used in conventional responses to expressions of thanks; in no respect or degree; not at all; amounting to nothing, as in offering no prospects for satisfaction, advancement, or the like

Answer 9

nothing means there is not anything, not a single thing, or not a single part of a thing. It also means something that has no importance or has a zero amount.

Answer 10

Nothing is Something!

Answer 11

Nothing is the lack or absence of anything.