LOWER BOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lower bound mean? 

• LOWER BOUND (noun)
  The noun LOWER BOUND has 1 sense:

1. (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set

  Familiarity information: LOWER BOUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOWER BOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("lower bound" is a kind of...):

bound; boundary; edge (a line determining the limits of an area)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)