Examples of “zeroth” in a Sentence

adjective Coming first in a sequence that is numbered starting from zero rather than one.

• The zeroth element of the array holds the first value stored.
• In this list, the zeroth item is the header, and the first real entry comes after it.

adjective Coming in the position immediately before what is normally called the first.

• He called it the zeroth draft, written before the official first draft began.
• The zeroth step is really just preparation before the numbered steps start.