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It is often referred to as the 0th Law of Thermodynamics that states that thermal energy flows down a gradient.

Slashdot: Science 2008

Though mine doesn't usually wait 'til I get to the copyediting stage (so spoken by a new author who hasn't gotten to the copyediting stage, ever) -- I usually feel it about 24 hours after I finish a 0th draft.

kateelliott: Not As Bad As I Feared kateelliott 2009

You will notice that 75 subjects completed the 0th trial, but only 70 completed the 7th and final trial.

Archive 2010-04-01 GamesWithWords 2010

You will notice that 75 subjects completed the 0th trial, but only 70 completed the 7th and final trial.

Web Experiment Tutorial: Chapter 7, MySQL GamesWithWords 2010

Too bad the 0th applies both retrospectively as well as prospectively.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Journal on Firearms & Public Policy: 2009

Doing an Orwellian rewrite of what the words and the passages meant in order to shoehorn 0th century Judeo-Grecian thinking into 21st century American sexual egalitarianism, on the other hand, is just plain silly.

Another debate? Oh, okay. Let's watch. Ann Althouse 2008

The surface has barely been scratched; we are still in the 0th wave.

Language around trans, how it works, how it doesn’t… 2007

In that case, do you take the overlap period for just the 0th series and the 2nd series, or the period of overlap between the 0th series and the combination of series 1 and series 2?

Waldo in Bagdarin, Siberia « Climate Audit 2007

At the 0th stage, each An is outside the hypothesized extension of T.

The Revision Theory of Truth Kremer, Philip 2006

Even though she was "on" the weight-by-height curve, her 0th percentile rank on the weight-by-age chart indicated big problems to him.

You've got to be kidding. Angry Professor 2005