nullable

adj, noun — 3 senses

nullable

adj

Etymology From null + -able.

1

That may be nullified; nullifiable.

  • Then you regard as nullable and voidable the laws of Titius and Apuleius, because they are unjust.1841, F. Barham, The political works of Marcus Tullius Cicero:
2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Of a variable or object That is allowed to have a null value.

  • You want to perform an aggregation on a column, but the column is nullable.2006, Anthony Molinaro, SQL Cookbook:
Derived terms
nullability

nullable

noun

Etymology From null + -able.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A variable, etc. that is allowed to have a null value.

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