"pseudovalue" meaning in English

See pseudovalue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pseudovalues [plural]
Etymology: pseudo- + value Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|value}} pseudo- + value Head templates: {{en-noun}} pseudovalue (plural pseudovalues)
  1. (mathematics, computing) Something that resembles a value but is not a true value or does not really belong to the set of data being studied. Categories (topical): Computing, Mathematics

Inflected forms

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