Subadditive

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Such that the image of a sum is at most the sum of the images of the summands. not-comparable

    "The square-root function is subadditive under addition because #92;sqrt#123;a#43;b#125;#92;le#92;sqrta#43;#92;sqrtb."

Example

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"The square-root function is subadditive under addition because #92;sqrt#123;a#43;b#125;#92;le#92;sqrta#43;#92;sqrtb."

Etymology

From sub- + additive.

Related phrases

at most

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