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ulps

ulps is the plural of ulp.

Meaning of ulp

Noun

ulp (plural ulps)

  1. The value that the least significant digit of a floating-point number represents, used as a measure of accuracy in numeric calculations.
    • The basic concept of two vectors "agreeing to k ulps" (units in the last place) of each entry or of the largest entry allows us to express relationships among computed values and solutions at perturbed data.1980, Webb Miller, Celia Wrathall, “Software for Roundoff Analysis”, in Software for Roundoff Analysis of Matrix Algorithms, New York, N.Y.; London: Academic Press, →ISBN, section 4.2 (Rounding and...

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Noun capitalized: ULPs

ULPs

  1. (plural) plural of ULP

Questions about ulps

What is ulps the plural of?
Ulps is the plural of ulp.
What part of speech is ulps?
Ulps is a noun.

Words near ulps in the dictionary

  1. ULPA
  2. ulpan
  3. ulpanim
  4. ulpans
  5. Ulpha
  6. ulps
  7. ULR
  8. Ulrey
  9. Ulreys
  10. Ulric
  11. Ulrica

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