nontrivial
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See also: non-trivial
English
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[edit]Etymology
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[edit]Adjective
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nontrivial (comparative more nontrivial, superlative most nontrivial)
- Not trivial.
- (mathematics) Not obvious or easy to prove; not self-evident.
- (mathematics) Not being of the simplest kind; not being empty or a singleton.
- nontrivial subgroup ― a subgroup with more than one element
- (computing) Needing significant computing power to solve; intractable.
Usage notes
[edit]- The hyphenated form is more common in the British corpus while the solid form is about twice as common in the American corpus.[1] GPO manual item 6.29. recommends to spell non- prefixed words without a hyphen unless an overriding consideration applies.[2]
Derived terms
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[edit]not trivial
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mathematics: not obvious or easy to prove
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mathematics: not of the simplest kind
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computing: needing significant computing power to solve — see also intractable
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References
[edit]- ^ nontrivial, non-trivial at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
Further reading
[edit]- “nontrivial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.