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suzi  +  22477 Sun, 15 Feb 04 09:50 AM
I think nought is an old fashioned word for nothing (pronounced "nort")
It has a partner word, "ought" which meant "anything" in phrases like "for ought I know" which you might find yourself reading in old books

in the UK we still use nought in the number system as I said above, point nought!
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Bubr, 5 yr 282 days ago
Hi nestman! Do you mean a book that teaches how to pronounce formulae?
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dinosm, 5 yr 282 days ago
Yes, 'nought' is still widely used in the UK to denote zero.
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