epsilon squared

jargon A quantity even smaller than epsilon, as small in

comparison to epsilon as epsilon is to something normal;

completely negligible. If you buy a supercomputer for a

million dollars, the cost of the thousand-dollar terminal to

go with it is epsilon, and the cost of the ten-dollar cable

to connect them is epsilon squared.

Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.

(1997-09-05)