non-negative
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See also: nonnegative
English
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Etymology
Adjective
non-negative (not comparable)
- Not negative.
- a non-negative self-evaluation
- (mathematics) Of an element of a partially ordered ring, either positive or zero; not negative; greater than or equal to zero.
- Distances are non-negative.
- (mathematics) Of a function, functional, etc. which has non-negative values over a particular domain D.
- For all ,
Usage notes
This term is not quite the same as positive since it allows for zero.
Antonyms
Translations
not negative
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