nonzero

See also: non-zero

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From non- +‎ zero.

Adjective

nonzero (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics, of a quantity) Not equal to zero.
    Hyponyms: negative, positive
    nonzero Hopf number
  2. (informal) Of an unspecified positive quantity.
    a nonzero chance of victory
    • 2020 November 11, “Trump lawyers suffer embarrassing rebukes from judges over voter fraud claims”, in The Washington Post‎[1], archived from the original on 11 November 2020:
      Under sharp questioning from Judge Paul S. Diamond, however, they conceded that Trump in fact had “a nonzero number of people in the room,” leaving Diamond audibly exasperated.

Translations

Noun

nonzero (plural nonzeroes or nonzeros)

  1. A quantity which is not zero.
    The function has 1074 nonzeros.

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