nonzero
nounEtymology From non- + zero.
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A quantity which is not zero.
- The function has 1074 nonzeros.
- Related terms
- nonnegative, nonpositive, nonvanishing
nonzero
adjEtymology From non- + zero.
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Mathematics, Sciences Of a quantity, not equal to zero.
- a nonzero Hopf number
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Informal Of an unspecified positive quantity.
- a nonzero chance of victory
- 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.2020 November 11, “Trump lawyers suffer embarrassing rebukes from judges over voter fraud claims”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020: