"non-negative" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: non- + negative Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|negative}} non- + negative Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} non-negative (not comparable)
  1. Not negative. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not negative): nezáporný (Czech), ei-negatiivinen (Finnish), positif (French), nichtnegativ (German), ekki neikvæður (Icelandic), frekar jákvæður (Icelandic), ófrádrægur (Icelandic), stærri eða jafn núlli (Icelandic), non negativo (Italian), 非負 (Japanese), nieujemny (Polish), não negativo (Portuguese), nenegativ (Romanian), no negativo (Spanish), negatif olmayan (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-non-negative-en-adj--kbhY0op Disambiguation of 'not negative': 63 36 0
  2. (mathematics) Of an element of a partially ordered ring, either positive or zero; not negative; greater than or equal to zero. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-non-negative-en-adj-DHZmQPM8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with non- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 58 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 22 50 28 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (mathematics) Of a function, functional, etc. which has non-negative values over a particular domain D. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-non-negative-en-adj-PqLE7vu5 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nonnegative Related terms: nonpositive, nonvanishing, nonzero

Alternative forms

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