nonzero
nonzero
Definition
non·zero (nän′zir′ō)
adjective
designating a quantity, etc. other than zero: used in physics, mathematics, etc.
nonzero
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- return: Returns 0 if already at the last row, otherwise returns nonzero.
Preposition: if
- name: XLookupColor returns nonzero if the name is resolved; otherwise, it returns zero.
Modifies a noun
- status: The make command returns a zero or nonzero status code depending on whether the target file is or is not up-to-date.
- value: However, no two elements can have the same nonzero value, or a BadValue error results.
- element: Macsyma's sparse matrix routines allow for large matrix manipulation by way of keeping track only of the nonzero elements.
- entry: These are exactly the positions in the corresponding row of the matrix of marks which have nonzero entries.
- exit: Exit Status Errors detected by the shell, such as syntax errors, cause the shell to return a nonzero exit status.
- mass: There may also be Higgs bosons, which are responsible for the nonzero masses of particles.
Modifying Another Word
- only: In a few known cases, the RFs are essentially nonzero only near the core.
Noun used with modifier
- return: XSendEvent returns zero if the conversion to wire protocol format failed and returns nonzero otherwise.
Browse dictionary entries near nonzero
- nonyl
- nonviolent
- nonviolence
- nonunionist
- nonunionism
- nonunion
- nonsyllabic
- nonsupport
- nonsuit
- nonsuch
