1. not having declined from a former or original state; not having deteriorated
Usage: formal
2. having all the expected or required properties; not reduced to a simpler or special case
Usage: mathematics; technical

Examples

• The tissue sample showed nondegenerate cells with normal structure.
• Scientists studied the nondegenerate state of the material before exposure.
• The matrix must be nondegenerate for the equation to have a unique solution.
• In geometry, a nondegenerate triangle has three distinct vertices.
• The nondegenerate case provides the most general form of the theorem.
• Researchers focused on nondegenerate examples to establish the pattern.