"denormal" meaning in English

See denormal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: de- + normal? or from denormalized? Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|normal}} de- + normal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} denormal (not comparable)
  1. (computing theory, of a number) Smaller than the smallest normal number but larger than zero, thus serving to fill the underflow gap. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Theory of computing Synonyms: denormalized, subnormal

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