non-negative
adjEtymology From non- + negative.
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Not negative.
- a non-negative self-evaluation
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Mathematics, Sciences Of an element of a partially ordered ring, either positive or zero; not negative; greater than or equal to zero.
- Distances are non-negative.
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Mathematics, Sciences Of a function, functional, etc. which has non-negative values over a particular domain D.
- For all x∈D, f(x)>0
- Antonyms
- negative
- Related terms
- nonpositive, nonvanishing, nonzero