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epsilon-neighborhood

American  
[ep-suh-lon-ney-ber-hood, -luhn-, ep-sahy-luhn-] / ˈɛp səˌlɒnˌneɪ bərˌhʊd, -lən-, ɛpˈsaɪ lən- /

noun

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


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The South Shore Commission, once one of the most powerful neighborhood organizations in the country, had its offices at this intersection, as did the Afro-American Patrolmen’s League.

From The New Yorker • May 22, 2019

I had known Marla’s mother, the late Shauna McCoy, herself a powerful neighborhood leader.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2011

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