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nonnegative

nonnegative is the alternative spelling of non-negative.

Meaning of non-negative

Adjective

non-negative (not comparable)

  1. Not negative.
    • a non-negative self-evaluation
  2. Of an element of a partially ordered ring, either positive or zero; not negative; greater than or equal to zero.
    • Distances are non-negative.
  3. Of a function, functional, etc. which has non-negative values over a particular domain D.
    • For all x∈D, f(x)>0

Noun

nonnegative (plural nonnegatives)

  1. Any value that is not negative.

Forms of nonnegative

pluralnonnegatives

Questions about nonnegative

What does nonnegative mean?
Nonnegative means any value that is not negative.
What is nonnegative the alternative spelling of?
Nonnegative is the alternative spelling of non-negative.
What part of speech is nonnegative?
Nonnegative is a noun.
What is the plural of nonnegative?
The plural of nonnegative is nonnegatives.

Words near nonnegative in the dictionary

  1. nonnecessity
  2. nonnecrotic
  3. nonnecrotized
  4. nonnecrotizing
  5. nonneddylated
  6. nonnegative
  7. nonnegatively
  8. nonnegativeness
  9. nonnegatives
  10. nonnegativities
  11. nonnegativity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonnegative (page history and authors); non-negative (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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