nonnegative

1. 1.

   either positive or zero

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   mathematics

Questions about nonnegative

What does nonnegative mean?

nonnegative means "either positive or zero".

How many syllables are in nonnegative?

nonnegative has 4 syllables and divides as non-ne-ga-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is nonnegative a common word?

nonnegative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.