upper bound

1. 1.

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

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   mathematics

Questions about upper bound

What does upper bound mean?

upper bound means "(mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set".

Is upper bound a common word?

upper bound is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.