Noun
A minor power; Something that has control over a limited domain that falls within the larger domain of a greater power.
(mathematics) A type of function such that for every exponent a, there is a small integer ε such that for any positive value x less than ε, its image lies between x and x .
(mathematics) A natural number x, with the property that x = by for some y that is not multiple of b.
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