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nullity
 n.— «But Dr Anderson has come up with a theory that proposes a new number—‘nullity’—which sits outside the conventional number line (stretching from negative infinity, through zero, to positive infinity).» —“1200-year-old problem ‘easy’” BBC Dec. 8, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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