floor effect

noun

The phenomenon in which a data-gathering instrument has a lower limit to the data values it can reliably specify.

Meanings

nounfloor effect (plural floor effects)

plural floor effects

  1. mathematicsThe phenomenon in which a data-gathering instrument has a lower limit to the data values it can reliably specify.
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