Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lower bound

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: low-er bound
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A value that is less than or equal to every element of a given set of values.

Inflected Forms

lower bounds (plural)

Phrases

minorant lower bound majorant lower boundary lower bound upper boundary lower limit lower bound upper limit

Frequently Paired Words

minorant lower bound majorant lower boundary lower bound upper boundary lower limit lower bound upper limit upper bound

Questions

What does lower bound mean?: A value that is less than or equal to every element of a given set of values.

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