signless

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   in mathematics, written or considered without an explicit positive or negative sign

   Russell distinguishes the original signless integers from the later positive and negative integers.

2. 2
   adj

   having no sign, indication, or visible marker

   The signless path through the woods was difficult to follow after dark.

Formed from sign + -less. Sign came through Old French signe from Latin signum ("mark, token, indication"). The mathematical sense uses sign specifically for the plus or minus symbol attached to a number.

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