smallvalued

Smallvalued is an informal adjective used in various disciplines to describe quantities, functions, or measurements whose numerical values are small relative to a chosen scale or threshold. It is not a widely standardized term in technical literature, and hyphenated forms such as small-valued appear in some texts.

In mathematics, a smallvalued function might refer to a function whose outputs lie in a small interval around zero, for instance |f(x)| ≤ ε for all x in a domain, or a function that vanishes at a point or at infinity. In numerical analysis and perturbation theory, smallvalued perturbations are changes with small magnitude that are analyzed for stability or error propagation.

In statistics or data science, a smallvalued predictor or feature would have values with small absolute magnitude or low variance relative to other variables, possibly requiring scaling or normalization.

In economics or finance, the term is rarely used formally; when it appears it generally conveys low monetary value or price. Because smallvalued lacks a precise standard definition, researchers usually specify the intended meaning in context.