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ulp

Pronunciation: /ʌlp/

The English word “ulp” has 2 meanings listed here.

interjection

  1. The sound of a person gulping in fear.

noun

  1. The value that the least significant digit of a floating-point number represents, used as a measure of accuracy in numeric calculations.

Etymology

Imitative, or possibly a variant of gulp.

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