majorant

Borrowed from French majorant, present participle of majorer (“to majorate, to dominate”), from Latin maior. By surface analysis, major +‎ -ant.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒəɹ.ənt/

majorant (plural majorants)

1. (mathematics) A function, or an element of a set, that dominates others or is greater than all others.

   Coordinate term: minorant

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒɔ.ʁɑ̃/

majorant

1. present participle of majorer

majorant m (plural majorants)

1. (mathematics) upper bound

   Coordinate term: minorant

majorant (feminine majorante, masculine plural majorants, feminine plural majorantes)

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• “majorant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French majorant.

majorant m or n (feminine singular majorantă, masculine plural majoranți, feminine and neuter plural majorante)

1. increasing