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Adjective nilpotent has 1 sense
  1. nilpotent - equal to zero when raised to a certain power

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Nilpotent

Adjective: Having the property of being raised to a power equal to zero, resulting in the value of zero.

Example sentence: The matrix A is nilpotent, as when raised to the power of n, where n is the dimension of A, the resulting matrix is the zero matrix.

Noun: An element in a mathematical group where a certain power of the element equals the identity element of the group.

Example sentence: In the group of integers modulo 12 under addition, the element 6 is nilpotent as 6 + 6 + 6 = 0 (mod 12).

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