Can you completely destory one of the three dimensions of breadth,lenght and depth?

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  1. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    But it isn't convenient to separate out zero from the other numbers - which is why nobody but you seems to do it.
     
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  3. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    I am only going by the true definition of the a priori fundamental value of zero, from Webster;
    Such as zero Kelvin.
    I realize that it is used in other applications, but those uses are relative for practicality.
    0 C = 273.15 K, but when using it a thermometer denotes a temperature which produces a state of change in H2O from liquid into a solid. But that is 273.15 K removed from a true zero temperature. It's convenient, but not a true measurement of the value of temperature which begins @ 0 K (the absence of any temperature value)
    Again from Webster;
     
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  5. river

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    So why is this relevant to the OP ?
     
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  7. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    Don't ask me, see post # 181 and 196
     
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  9. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    Webster is wrong, as demonstrated in this thread. Zero is a position on a scale of values. It can be placed at any position on that scale, depending on the application. It definitely does have a value.
    All numbers are relative for practicality.
    0 K is not the absence of any temperature value. It is a measure of the kinetic energy, like any other temperature.
     
  10. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    I am only going by the true definition of the a priori fundamental value of zero, from Webster;

    Go argue that with Webster's and International System of Units (SI)
     
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  11. The God Valued Senior Member

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    I do not dispute your generalist statement about relative aspects of numbers..but

    0 K in its true meaning is much more than that. It is zero in true sense, if you change the scale like you are suggesting, and make 0 K as 100 K, then I am afraid anything below 100 K will be devoid of any physics.
     
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  12. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    Webster only talks about the general usage of the word, not the meaning used by science and mathematics.

    Again, the fact that a given real quantity can be represented by either 0 or 32 indicates that the numbers 0 and 32 are both legitimate values.
     
  13. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    No, it is one specific case, not a general "true meaning".
     
  14. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    That's double speak. and completely arbitrarily relative assumptions. The mathematical value of zero is by its a priori state, is always less than any comparative value of anything.
    It just makes the existence of something possible, but it has no causal value, it is merely probabilistically permittive timeless condition..
     
  15. The God Valued Senior Member

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    Ok, what is (- 2 K) then. Or for that matter what is T < 0 K signifies?
     
  16. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    Yes, and when we have no kinetic or any other kind of energy, then we have a state of zero, including temperature.

    Any temperature is a degree of warmth, starting at zero K. There is no -1 K. Zero, a cardinal number without value.
    0 K is the baseline of all possible measurable states of temperature and therefore also the baseline of kinetic or any other kind of energy which has a causal thermodynamic effect, always in the direction of warmer relative to
    pure cold @ 0 K........
     
  17. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    Obviously false. Zero is more than any negative number.
     
  18. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    Undefined.
     
  19. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    Zero is not a "state". It's a measure of the state. The state still exists even if it measures zero.
     
  20. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    A state of nothingness, per definition. If we were to use temperature as a dimension of energetic spacetime, then we cannot ever get to 0 Kelvin as long as there is thermodynamic activity. Zero Kelvin is the absence of any kind of physical energy (which creates heat)
     
  21. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    But zero and nothing are not the same. I thought you understood that.
     
  22. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    This is a bit silly, isn't it?

    Zero is obviously a number, because it can be used to answer questions that are answered using numbers.

    "How many bananas do you have?"
    "Seventeen."
    "Zero."

    Obviously, 17 and 0 are fundamentally alike in terms of what they are.

    Zero is a number, not a place holder for the absence of some other thing.
     
  23. Write4U Valued Senior Member

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    With all due respect, I must disagree.
    The first answers indicates the possession of 17 bananas
    The second answer indicates the absence of possession of any bananas.

    Zero bananas is not a number of bananas, it is the absence of bananas. I am not disputing that zero is a number. In fact it is a Cardinal number, but it has no value in and of itself as indicated on the chart of Cardinal numbers.

    On the chart it shows the value of zero as a blank space, i.e. the absence of value, and confirmed by the definition in Webster dictionary.
    a : the arithmetical symbol 0 or 0̸ denoting the absence of all magnitude or quantity

    However, it does also qualify that zero may be used for various applications.
    6 : something arbitrarily or conveniently designated zero

    Does that not sufficiently answer all other arguments?
     
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