epsilon-neighborhood

[ ep-suh-lon-ney-ber-hoo d, -luh n- or, esp. British, ep-sahy-luh n- ]
/ ˈɛp səˌlɒnˌneɪ bərˌhʊd, -lən- or, esp. British, ɛpˈsaɪ lən- /

noun Mathematics.

the set of all points whose distance from a given point is less than some specified number epsilon.

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Words nearby epsilon-neighborhood

epr, eprom, eps, epsilon, epsilon-delta, epsilon-neighborhood, epsom, epsom salt, epsom salts, epsomite, epstein
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