non-emptyadj.
/nɒnˈɛm(p)ti/, U.S. /nɑnˈɛm(p)ti/ Mathematics and Logic.
Of a set: not empty; having at least one member or element.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [adjective] > relating to mathematical property
simple1570
dissevered1605
periodicala1690
irreductible1753
analytical1799
analytic1800
compound1806
well-conditioned1843
one-valued1884
non-empty1905
well-behaved1912
minimax1917
irredundant1925
non-linear1930
constructive1938
extremal1939
max-min1949
meta-analytic1968
meta-analytic1978
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [adjective] > (of assertion) containing particular elements
non-empty1905
one-place1936
open1937
singulary1940
1905 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 6 20 Γ is a non-empty sub-class in K.
1937 Mind 46 375 There is another non-empty sub-set..of sentences of C2 which are nonsensical but not α-nonsensical.
1965 P. Caws Philos. of Sci. xvii. 130 The restriction must be added that the domain be non-empty.
1996 J. H. Conway & R. K. Guy Bk. Numbers x. 275 If you have any collection of nonempty sets of things, you can make a new set by choosing just one from each set of the given collections.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1905