non-negative

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: nonnegative

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From non- +‎ negative.

Adjective

[edit]

non-negative (not comparable)

  1. Not negative.
    a non-negative self-evaluation
  2. (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.
  3. (mathematics) Of a function, functional, etc. which has non-negative values over a particular domain D.
    For all ,

Usage notes

[edit]
  • This term is not quite the same as positive since it allows for zero.

Antonyms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

See also

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]