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fudge factor

noun

Definitions

  1. A quantity introduced to compensate for uncertainty.

    • We don't know exactly how much the load will weigh, so we'll add in a fudge factor to make sure we don't underestimate.

  2. Any padding or compensation built into a guess or estimate.

  3. variant of "pucker factor", meaning something is/was frightening.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fudge factor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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