epsilon-neighborhood

[ ep-suh-lon-ney-ber-hood, -luhn- or, especially British, ep-sahy-luhn- ]

/ ˈɛp səˌlɒnˌneɪ bərˌhʊd, -lən- or, especially British, ɛpˈsaɪ lən- /

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noun Mathematics.

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

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