almost meaning
EN[ɔːl.ˈməʊst] [ˈɔːl.məʊst] [ˈɔl.moʊst] [ˈɑl.moʊst] [-əʊst]US-Inland North US
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- In set theory, when dealing with sets of infinite size, the term almost or nearly is used to mean all the elements except for finitely many.
- In other words, an infinite set S that is a subset of another infinite set L, is almost L if the subtracted set L\S is of finite size.
- Examples:
- The set is almost N for any k in N, because only finitely many natural numbers are less than k.
- The set of prime numbers is not almost N because there are infinitely many natural numbers that are not prime numbers.
- This is conceptually similar to the almost everywhere concept of measure theory, but is not the same. For example, the Cantor set is uncountably infinite, but has Lebesgue measure zero.
- NounPLalmostsSUF-most
- Adverb
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- In my most recent attempt to speedrun Super Mario Bros. 3, I almost managed to beat Richard Ureta's record.
- He sat as one astonish'd, a good-while, looking at me, without speaking a Word, till I came quite up to him, kneel'd on one Knee to him, and almost whether he would or no, kiss'd his Hand [ …] .
- Appropriately enough for a crowd hung up on the fashions and music of the past, the nostalgizing began almost immediately.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Almost any melt-processable polymer can be fabricated into kilometers of nanolayered films, and layers less than 10 nm in thickness have been made.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of almost in English Dictionary
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- en almosts
- en almost all
- en almostness
- en almost surely
- en almost everywhere
Source: Wiktionary