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minorant

minorant noun: a function, all of whose values are not greater than the corresponding values of another function.

Noun

minorant (plural minorants)

  1. A function, all of whose values are not greater than the corresponding values of another function.

Forms of minorant

pluralminorants

Origin of minorant

Borrowed from French minorant, present participle of minorer (“to diminish”), from Latin minor. By surface analysis, minor + -ant.

Questions about minorant

What does minorant mean?
Minorant means a function, all of whose values are not greater than the corresponding values of another function.
What part of speech is minorant?
Minorant is a noun.
What is the plural of minorant?
The plural of minorant is minorants.

Words near minorant in the dictionary

  1. minor triads
  2. minor-attracted people
  3. minor-attracted person
  4. minor-attracted persons
  5. minor-league
  6. minorant
  7. minorants
  8. minorat
  9. minorate
  10. minorated
  11. minorates

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