nilpotent

Etymology
From with literal meaning “having zero power” - bearing  roots  and. Coined in 1870, along with, by American mathematician to describe elements of associative algebras.

Adjective

 * 1)  Such that, for some positive integer n, xn = 0.

Translations

 * Czech: nilpotentní
 * Danish: nilpotent
 * Esperanto: nilpotenta, nulpotenca
 * Finnish: nilpotentti
 * French:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: nilpotente

Noun

 * 1)  A nilpotent element.