ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nonzero

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Nonzero is an adjective meaning (mathematics) Of a quantity, not equal to zero.

Meaning

(mathematics) Of a quantity, not equal to zero.

More Meanings

  1. (informal) Of an unspecified positive quantity.
  2. A quantity which is not zero.

Example Sentences

a nonzero Hopf number
a nonzero chance of victory
The function has 1074 nonzeros.
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.

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Related dictionary entries include non-zero, negative, nonvanishing, variable, nonodd, positive.

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