機き械かい最さい小しょう値ち

noun

machine infinitesimal

A computing term referring to the smallest representable positive number in a floating-point system, essentially the machine epsilon's smallest magnitude. Rare outside technical contexts.

• 機き械かい最さい小しょう値ちは、浮ふ動どう小しょう数すう点てん演えん算ざんで扱あつかえる最もっとも小ちいさい正せいの数かずです。

  The machine infinitesimal is the smallest positive number that can be handled in floating-point arithmetic.