supremum

/S UW0 P R IY1 M AH0 M/

noun

1
(real analysis): Given a subset X of R, the smallest real number that is ≥ every element of X; : given a subset X of a partially ordered set P (with partial order ≤), the least element y of P such that every element of X is ≤ y.

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