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headroom

noun

Meaning

  1. The vertical clearance above someone's head, as in a tunnel, doorway etc.
  2. The vertical measurement, top to bottom, for example for clearance under a bridge.
  3. The ability of a system to reproduce loud sounds free of distortion; dynamic headroom.
  4. The distance between the actual performance of an algorithm and its maximum possible performance.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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