EPSILON SQUARED
\ˈɛpsɪlən skwˈe͡əd], \ˈɛpsɪlən skwˈeəd], \ˈɛ_p_s_ɪ_l_ə_n s_k_w_ˈeə_d]\
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A quantity even smaller than epsilon, as small incomparison to epsilon as epsilon is to something normal;completely negligible. If you buy a supercomputer for amillion dollars, the cost of the thousand-dollar terminal togo with it is epsilon, and the cost of the ten-dollar cableto connect them is epsilon squared.Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.
By Denis Howe
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