NEGLIGIBLE

Negligible

Negligible refers to the quantities so small that they can be ignored when studying the larger effect. Although related to the more mathematical concepts of infinitesimal, the idea of negligibility is particularly useful in practical disciplines like physics, chemistry, mechanical and electronic engineering, computer programming and in everyday decision-making. A quantity can be said to be negligible when it is safe to ignore it in the present case, within the margins for error that have been agreed to be acceptable in this case. Examples of quantities that are often considered negligible are the electrical resistance of a wire, and the ...

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negligible

Adjective

  1. Able to be ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
    We found errors, but their effects were negligible.


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