Etymology

minorant

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Today it means: A function, all of whose values are not greater than the corresponding values of another function. Full definition →

French minorant
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  1. French · borrowed fromminorant
  2. English todayminorant

Borrowed from French minorant, present participle of minorer (“to diminish”), from Latin minor. By surface analysis, minor + -ant.

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