nontropical

adj : not tropical; "the disease occurs in a tropical and a

nontropical form"

nontrivial

Requiring real thought or significant computing power. Often

used as an understated way of saying that a problem is quite

difficult or impractical, or even entirely unsolvable

("Proving P◦NP is nontrivial"). The preferred emphatic form

is "decidedly nontrivial".

See {uninteresting}, {interesting}.

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(1995-02-21)