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underflow

A result too close to zero to be stored as a normal float; it becomes a subnormal or zero instead.

Underflow occurs when a nonzero result is smaller in magnitude than the smallest normal number; IEEE 754 handles it gradually, rounding to a subnormal (losing precision) before reaching zero.

See also

subnormal number normalized number IEEE 754
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