Zero, essentially Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. rounded like an egg
(noun)
1. a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ESSENTIALLY (adverb)
1. in essence; at bottom or by one’s (or its) very nature
ZERO (adjective)
1. indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration
2. having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
ZERO (noun)
1. a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
2. the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured
ZERO (verb)
1. adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)
2. adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

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