nilpotent

1. 1.

   equal to zero when raised to a certain power

Questions about nilpotent

What does nilpotent mean?

nilpotent means "equal to zero when raised to a certain power".

How many syllables are in nilpotent?

nilpotent has 3 syllables: nil-po-tent. The stress falls on "nil".

Is nilpotent a common word?

nilpotent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.