lower bound

[ loh-er ]

noun

, Mathematics.

1. an element less than or equal to all the elements in a given set:

   The numbers 0 and 1 are lower bounds of the set consisting of 1, 2, and 3.

lower bound

1. A number that is less than or equal to every number in a given set.

Example Sentences

The new framework offers a straightforward way to calculate the lower bounds on the energy cost of those situations.

From Science Daily

Most important, bariatric surgery seems to reset, to a lower bound, the body weight that the brain tries to maintain.

From New York Times

“The threshold we looked at in this paper I would think of as the lower bound,” Powis said.

From Scientific American

Even so, the system only gives the county a concrete lower bound.

From Scientific American

But because the lower bound of the confidence interval around this figure fell below FDA’s required 20%, it didn’t meet the agency’s efficacy standard for preventing less severe disease.

From Science Magazine