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Lebesgue exterior measure

Lebesgue exterior measure

[lə′beg ik¦stir·ē·ər ′mezh·ər]
(mathematics)
A measure whose value on a set S is the greatest lower bound of the Lebesgue measures of open sets that contain S. Also known as exterior measure; outer measure.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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