edge case
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A problem or situation that occurs only at an extreme (maximum or minimum) operating parameter or under other unusual operating conditions.
noun
Any unexpected input or user behaviour.
Example Sentences
- "(It's possible that at least some of the liberals who answered "yes, violence can sometimes be justified" had in mind edge cases like armed resistance by Jews against the SS, not the assassination of peaceful political pundits with whom they disagree.)"
- "The first thing to do is analyze the situation and determine whether the need to provide additional use is an edge case, or if it will become a common use-case scenario."
- "One edge case is when the code processing the message has not finished, but the invisibility window lapses, and another copy of the same message gets dequeued. At this point, there are two active copies of that message being processed."
Inflected Forms
edge cases (plural)
edgecase (alternative)