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negative zeroes

negative zeroes is the plural of negative zero.

Meaning of negative zero

Noun

negative zero (countable and uncountable, plural negative zeros or negative zeroes)

  1. A signed magnitude representation of zero in which the sign bit indicates a negative number.
    • One must take care in handling negative zero in comparisons.

Questions about negative zeroes

What is negative zeroes the plural of?
Negative zeroes is the plural of negative zero.

Words near negative zeroes in the dictionary

  1. negative utilitarianisms
  2. negative utilitarians
  3. negative verb
  4. negative verbs
  5. negative zero
  6. negative zeroes
  7. negative zeros
  8. negative-edge-triggered
  9. negative-painted
  10. negative-sum
  11. negatived

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