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nontrivial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌnɒnˈtɹɪ.vi.əl/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- Proto-Italic *wiā Latin via Latin -ius Latin trivius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin triviālisbor. English trivial English nontrivial From non- + trivial.

Meanings

  1. Not trivial. ▸ Not obvious or easy to prove; not self-evident.
  2. Not trivial. ▸ Not being of the simplest kind; not being empty or a singleton.
    • nontrivial subgroup
  3. Not trivial. ▸ Needing significant computing power to solve; intractable.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
non-trivial alternative lexicographic
more nontrivial Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most nontrivial Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

nontrivial solution · nontrivially

Translations (12)

fi epätriviaali (computing: needing significant computing power to solve — see also intractable) · ro netrivial (not trivial) · de nichttrivial (mathematics: not of the simplest kind) · de nichttrivial (not trivial) · fi epätriviaali (mathematics: not of the simplest kind) · fi vaikea (not trivial) · fi ei-triviaali (mathematics: not obvious or easy to prove) · de nichttrivial (mathematics: not obvious or easy to prove) · fi hankala (not trivial) · ro netrivial (mathematics: not obvious or easy to prove) · ro netrivial (mathematics: not of the simplest kind) · uk нетривіа́льний (not trivial)