nonzero

Etymology

non- + zero

adj

  1. (mathematics, of a quantity) Not equal to zero.
    nonzero Hopf number
  2. (informal) Of an unspecified positive quantity.
    a nonzero chance of victory
    a nonzero number of people in the room 2020-11-11, “Trump lawyers suffer embarrassing rebukes from judges over voter fraud claims”, in The Washington Post

noun

  1. A quantity which is not zero.
    The function has 1074 nonzeros.

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