English

Adjective

non-negative (no comparative or superlative)

1. Of a real number, either positive or zero; not negative; greater than or equal to zero.
2. :Distances are non-negative.
3. Of a real valued function, functional, etc. which has non-negative values over a particular domain D.
4. :For all XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8919154) x \in DXHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8919154), XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8919154) f(x) \ge 0XHTML::MediaWiki::Parser=HASH(0x8919154)

Usage notes

Can be used for an element of a subset of the real numbers, eg rationals or integers. This term is not the same as positive.

Antonyms

• negative

sv:non-negative vi:non-negative