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- adjective Not equal to zero.
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- adjective mathematics, of a quantity Not equal to
zero . - noun A quantity which is not zero.
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Examples
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But as eager as policymakers are to show that policy is on a track toward normalization -- that is, a nonzero fed funds rate and a smaller Fed balance sheet -- the process is clearly going to take time.
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It seems to me like the threat could more accurately be described as "nonzero".
Techdirt 2009
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Issuing debt for such an issuer is, in fact, a monetary operation that serves to keep interest rates a nonzero levels.
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For instance, every time I drive, fly, or walk in the city, there is a nonzero chance that I will be involved in a fatal accident.
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I'd give examples, but there's a nonzero chance Satan is real and irony attracts his attention.
What If Government Were More Like an iPod? Scott Adams 2011
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The point is that light-like vectors, yes, have a squared-length of zero, but they are not degeneracies in the form, because there are other vectors that give nonzero inner products with them.
Bad Language: Metric vs Metric Tensor vs Matrix Form vs Line Element 2009
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Once one is a criminal, there is a nonzero amount of criminal activity which one has only avoided because one did not want to be a criminal.
Polygamy Meets Economy, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I would pay some nonzero amount, fiscally and/or politically, for every additional Senate vote (on any issue) between 60 and 100, but it would be a hell of a lot less than I would pay from 0 to 60.
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The principle of Transparency resembles KOR's guiding principles: "open, truthful, autonomous, trusting," and the elements of Transparency - communication and trust - are prerequisites for nonzero, win-win game playing (which is posited as the easiest perspective from which to understand the evolution of everything from organisms to organizations in Nonzero: The Logic Of Human Destiny, by Robert Wright.)
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Even though love is the ultimate nonzero-sum game -- a potential win for all involved -- some people choose to be jerks.
Dr. Ali Binazir: Are You 'Muggable' in Your Relationships? 2010
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