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noun
- a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
- (algebra) A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
- an unknown and unexplored region
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- A person of no identity; a nonentity.
- Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
adj
verb
noun
- (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
- Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
- (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
- a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
adj
noun
- (mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
- A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
- A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- (category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
- One who makes equal; a balancer.
- (Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
- (music, electronics) An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- (sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
- A device that balances various quantities.
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
- electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
- a score that makes the match even
- a weight that balances another weight
noun
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (aviation) The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
- (mathematical analysis) A zero (of an equation).
- (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- (figurative) The primary source; origin.
- (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- (engineering) The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
- (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- An act of rummaging or searching.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
- A root vegetable.
- (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
- (linguistics) A word from which another word or words are derived.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- The lowest place, position, or part.
verb
- cheer for
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- come into existence, originate
- cause to take roots
- take root and begin to grow
- plant by the roots
- dig with the snout
- To fix firmly; to establish.
- (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
- (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
- (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
- (computing slang, transitive) To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.
- (intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
- (ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
- (equestrianism, of a horse) To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
noun
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- the successful action of solving a problem
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
- a method for solving a problem
- The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid.
- An answer to a problem.
- (marketing) A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
- An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
- (physical chemistry) A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
verb
adj
- (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved
- not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
- having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
- of uncertain or ambiguous nature
- not leading to a definite ending or result
- (botany, of inflorescences) Not topped with some form of terminal bud.
- Intersex.
- Imprecise or vague.
- (mathematical analysis, of certain forms of limit) Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.
- (biology, of growth) With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.
- (architecture) Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known.
- Not accurately determined or determinable.
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noun
- (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
- (multiplicity) A set of alters of a person, or the multiple (“an individual with multiple personalities”) who contains them.
- A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
- (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
- (politics) A socioeconomic formation.
- (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
- (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
- (derogatory, preceded by the, often capitalized) The mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
- (astronomy) A system in which two or more objects are bound to each other by gravity.
- (roleplaying games) A set of rules for a tabletop roleplaying game.
- (countable, uncountable) A method or way of organizing or planning.
- (philosophy) A comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs.
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
- a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
- the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
- instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
noun
adj
- of or relating to a musical scale
- of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude
- (music) Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
- Of, or relating to scale.
- (mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction.
- (linguistics) Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured.
- (computer science) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
- (physics) Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0).
noun
- (mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations
- (mathematics) Any of a set of constraints that limit the solutions of a differential equation
- (quantum mechanics) either one of the conditions that the wave function must be continuous and that its derivative must be as well, except in the case of infinite potential
noun
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
- (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- (computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
- (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
- (history) Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)
- (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
- (programming) A kind of dynamically resizable array.
- (psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
- (sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
- (mathematics, computing) An ordered tuple, originally one representing a directed quantity, but by extension any one-dimensional matrix.
- (mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- (molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
- (computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
verb
verb
- pass into a solution
- cause to fade away
- cause to go into a solution
- become or cause to become soft or liquid
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- grow less and less substantial until it disappears
- declare void
- come to an end (of a state)
- cause to lose control emotionally
- stop functioning or cohering as a unit
- lose control emotionally
- (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
- (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
- (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
- (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
- (physical chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
- (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
- (typography) To separate a ligature into its component letters.
- (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
- (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
- (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
- (physical chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
- To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
- (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
noun
verb
- resolve (a polynomial) into factors
- (mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
- (mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
- (US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
- (US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
noun
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
adj
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- possibly accepting or permitting
verb
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
verb
- (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
- to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
- (transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of.
- To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
- settle, as of a debt
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- find the solution
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noun
adj
- (Bantu linguistics) Intermediate between multiple potentially reconstructible protoforms, but having a mismatch in semantics or morphology that cannot be explained through regular patterns of change.
- Kissing; hence, touching or meeting; clinging.
- (geometry) Tangent, touching at a single point.
- (zoology) Adhering closely; applied to certain creeping animals, such as caterpillars.
- (biology) Intermediate between two genera, groups, families, etc., and having some of the characteristics of each; interosculant.
verb
- give the correct answer or solution to
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
noun
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
adj
- (of a linear differential equation) Having its degree-zero term equal to zero; admitting the trivial solution.
- (ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i)
- (algebra, of a polynomial) Such that all its nonzero terms have the same degree.
- Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
- (probability theory, Fourier analysis, of a distribution S on Euclidean n-space (or on ℝⁿmathbf 0)) Informally: Determined by its restriction to the unit sphere. Formally: Such that, for all real t>0 and test functions ϕ( mathbf x), the equality S[t⁻ⁿϕ( mathbf x/t)]=t^(mS)[ϕ( mathbf x)] holds for some fixed real or complex m.
- Of the same kind; alike, similar.
- (of a linear map f between vector spaces graded by a commutative monoid I) Which respects the grading of its domain and codomain. Formally: Satisfying f(V_j)⊆W_i+j for fixed i (called the degree or grade of f), V_j the jth component of the grading of f 's domain, W_k the kth component of the grading of f 's codomain, and + representing the monoid operation in I.
- (geometry, of a space equipped with a group action) Informally: Everywhere the same, uniform, in the sense that any point can be moved to any other (via the group action) while respecting the structure of the space. Formally: Such that the group action is transitively and acts by automorphisms on the space (some authors also require that the action be faithful).
- (set theory, order theory, of a relation) Holding between a set and itself; being an endorelation.
- (of a first-order differential equation) Capable of being written in the form f(x,y) mathop dy=g(x,y) mathop dx where f and g are homogeneous functions of the same degree as each other.
- (linear algebra, by specialization, of a system of linear equations) Such that all the constant terms are zero.
- (mathematics) In any of several technical senses uniform; scalable; having its behavior or form determined by, or the same as, its behavior on or form at a smaller component (of its domain of definition, of itself, etc.).
- (geometry) Of or relating to homogeneous coordinates.
- The function f(x,y)#61;x²#43;x²ʸ#43;y² is not homogeneous on all of #92;mathbb#123;R#125;² because f(2,2)#61;16#92;neq 2ᵏ#42;3#61;2ᵏf(1,1) for any k, but f is homogeneous on the subspace of #92;mathbb#123;R#125;² spanned by (1,0) because f(#92;alphax,#92;alphay)#61;#92;alphax²#61;#92;alpha²f(x,y) for all (x,y)#92;in#92;operatorname#123;Span#125;#92;#123;(1,0)#92;#125;.
- (mathematical analysis, generalizing the case of polynomial functions, of a function f) Such that if each of f 's inputs are multiplied by the same scalar, f 's output is multiplied by the same scalar to some fixed power (called the degree of homogeneity or degree of f). (Formally and more generally, of a partial function f between vector spaces whose domain is a linear cone) Satisfying the equality f(s mathbf x)=sᵏᶠ(
- (of a general differential equation) Homogeneous as a function of the dependent variable and its derivatives.
- (chemistry) In the same state of matter.
- all of the same or similar kind or nature
noun
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- planning something carefully and intentionally
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
noun
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- a bill for an amount due
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
- An opinion or judgement.
- The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
- A summing up or appraisal.
- The action of calculating or estimating something.
verb
adj
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree
- Erratic and unpredictable; tending to jump back and forth.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.
- (of a system) Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.
- (chemistry, of a molecule) Whose atoms do not lie in a straight line.
- (of a set of points) Not lying on a straight line.
noun
- root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients
- (algebra, number theory) A complex number (more generally, an element of a number field) that is a root of a polynomial whose coefficients are integers; equivalently, a complex number (or element of a number field) that is a root of a monic polynomial whose coefficients are rational numbers.
noun
- a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable
- a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
- (by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
- The phase of a complex number.
- (logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
- (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
- A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
- (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
- (also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
- (countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
- A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
- The independent variable of a function.
- (countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
- (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
noun
- the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
- the murder of a competitor
- the act of removing or getting rid of something
- analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
- the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- (biology) The act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.
- (mathematics) The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.
- (television) The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition.
- (accounting) The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
- The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
- (logic) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction.
- The act of excluding a losing contestant from a match, tournament, or other competition.
adj
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
adv
noun
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
verb
verb
- remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
- terminate, end, or take out
- eliminate from the body
- remove from a contest or race
- get rid of something
- kill in large numbers
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
- (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
- (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- (ambitransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
- (transitive, military) To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)
- (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
- (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
noun
- (mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
- A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
- (Scotland, dialect) A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
- Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms.
- An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
- A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
- Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
- A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
- a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
- an eccentric idea
- a person with unusual sexual tastes
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
verb
adj
- (linear algebra, of a system of linear equations) Having more equations than variables.
- (of a problem or question) Having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result.
- (usually psychoanalysis) Determined by multiple causes in such a way that any of the causes on its own would be sufficient to account for the effect.
verb
noun
- (mathematics) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
- (anatomy) A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
- An interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system.
- a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
noun
- a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
- (algebra) A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
- an unknown and unexplored region
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
- A person of no identity; a nonentity.
- Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
adj
verb
noun
- (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
- Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
- (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
- a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
adj
noun
- (mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
- A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
- A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- (category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
- One who makes equal; a balancer.
- (Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
- (music, electronics) An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- (sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
- A device that balances various quantities.
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
- electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
- a score that makes the match even
- a weight that balances another weight
noun
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
- The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- (aviation) The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
- (mathematical analysis) A zero (of an equation).
- (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- (figurative) The primary source; origin.
- (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- (engineering) The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
- (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- An act of rummaging or searching.
- (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
- A root vegetable.
- (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
- (linguistics) A word from which another word or words are derived.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- The lowest place, position, or part.
verb
- cheer for
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- come into existence, originate
- cause to take roots
- take root and begin to grow
- plant by the roots
- dig with the snout
- To fix firmly; to establish.
- (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
- (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
- (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
- (computing slang, transitive) To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.
- (intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
- (ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
- (equestrianism, of a horse) To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
noun
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- the successful action of solving a problem
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
- a method for solving a problem
- The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid.
- An answer to a problem.
- (marketing) A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
- An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
- (physical chemistry) A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
verb
noun
- (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
- (multiplicity) A set of alters of a person, or the multiple (“an individual with multiple personalities”) who contains them.
- A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
- (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
- (politics) A socioeconomic formation.
- (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
- (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
- (derogatory, preceded by the, often capitalized) The mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
- (astronomy) A system in which two or more objects are bound to each other by gravity.
- (roleplaying games) A set of rules for a tabletop roleplaying game.
- (countable, uncountable) A method or way of organizing or planning.
- (philosophy) A comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs.
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
- a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
- the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
- instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
noun
adj
- of or relating to a musical scale
- of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude
- (music) Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
- Of, or relating to scale.
- (mathematics) Having magnitude but not direction.
- (linguistics) Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured.
- (computer science) Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
- (physics) Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0).
noun
- (mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations
- (mathematics) Any of a set of constraints that limit the solutions of a differential equation
- (quantum mechanics) either one of the conditions that the wave function must be continuous and that its derivative must be as well, except in the case of infinite potential
noun
- a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
- a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
- (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
- any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- (computer graphics, attributive) A graphical representation using outlines; vector graphics.
- (mathematics) Any member of a (generalized) vector space.
- (history) Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)
- (aviation) A chosen course or direction for motion, as of an aircraft.
- (programming) A kind of dynamically resizable array.
- (psychology) A recurring psychosocial issue that stimulates growth and development in the personality.
- (sociology) A person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme.
- (mathematics, computing) An ordered tuple, originally one representing a directed quantity, but by extension any one-dimensional matrix.
- (mathematics, physics) A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
- (molecular biology) A DNA molecule used to carry genetic information from one organism into another.
- (computing, operating systems) A memory address containing the address of a code entry point, usually one which is part of a table and often one that is dereferenced and jumped to during the execution of an interrupt.
verb
noun
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
adj
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- possibly accepting or permitting
verb
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
noun
noun
adj
- (Bantu linguistics) Intermediate between multiple potentially reconstructible protoforms, but having a mismatch in semantics or morphology that cannot be explained through regular patterns of change.
- Kissing; hence, touching or meeting; clinging.
- (geometry) Tangent, touching at a single point.
- (zoology) Adhering closely; applied to certain creeping animals, such as caterpillars.
- (biology) Intermediate between two genera, groups, families, etc., and having some of the characteristics of each; interosculant.
noun
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- planning something carefully and intentionally
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
noun
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- a bill for an amount due
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
- An opinion or judgement.
- The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
- A summing up or appraisal.
- The action of calculating or estimating something.
verb
noun
- root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients
- (algebra, number theory) A complex number (more generally, an element of a number field) that is a root of a polynomial whose coefficients are integers; equivalently, a complex number (or element of a number field) that is a root of a monic polynomial whose coefficients are rational numbers.
noun
- a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable
- a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
- (by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
- The phase of a complex number.
- (logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
- (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
- A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
- (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
- (also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
- (countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
- A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
- The independent variable of a function.
- (countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
- (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
noun
- the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
- the murder of a competitor
- the act of removing or getting rid of something
- analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
- the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- (biology) The act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.
- (mathematics) The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.
- (television) The act of voting off or throwing off a contestant in a reality television competition.
- (accounting) The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
- The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
- (logic) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction.
- The act of excluding a losing contestant from a match, tournament, or other competition.
noun
- (mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
- A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
- (Scotland, dialect) A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
- Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms.
- An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
- A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
- Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
- A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
- a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
- an eccentric idea
- a person with unusual sexual tastes
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (‘rick’ and ‘wrick’ are British)
verb
noun
- (mathematics) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.
- (anatomy) A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
- An interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system.
- a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
verb
- pass into a solution
- cause to fade away
- cause to go into a solution
- become or cause to become soft or liquid
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- grow less and less substantial until it disappears
- declare void
- come to an end (of a state)
- cause to lose control emotionally
- stop functioning or cohering as a unit
- lose control emotionally
- (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
- (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
- (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
- (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
- (physical chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
- (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
- (typography) To separate a ligature into its component letters.
- (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
- (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
- (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
- (physical chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
- To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
- (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
noun
verb
- resolve (a polynomial) into factors
- (mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
- (mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
- (US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
- (US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
verb
- (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
- to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
- (transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of.
- To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
- (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
- settle, as of a debt
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- find the solution
verb
- give the correct answer or solution to
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
noun
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
verb
- remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
- terminate, end, or take out
- eliminate from the body
- remove from a contest or race
- get rid of something
- kill in large numbers
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
- (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
- (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- (ambitransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
- (transitive, military) To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)
- (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
- (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
adj
- (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved
- not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
- having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
- of uncertain or ambiguous nature
- not leading to a definite ending or result
- (botany, of inflorescences) Not topped with some form of terminal bud.
- Intersex.
- Imprecise or vague.
- (mathematical analysis, of certain forms of limit) Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.
- (biology, of growth) With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.
- (architecture) Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known.
- Not accurately determined or determinable.
noun
adj
- (of a linear differential equation) Having its degree-zero term equal to zero; admitting the trivial solution.
- (ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i)
- (algebra, of a polynomial) Such that all its nonzero terms have the same degree.
- Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up.
- (probability theory, Fourier analysis, of a distribution S on Euclidean n-space (or on ℝⁿmathbf 0)) Informally: Determined by its restriction to the unit sphere. Formally: Such that, for all real t>0 and test functions ϕ( mathbf x), the equality S[t⁻ⁿϕ( mathbf x/t)]=t^(mS)[ϕ( mathbf x)] holds for some fixed real or complex m.
- Of the same kind; alike, similar.
- (of a linear map f between vector spaces graded by a commutative monoid I) Which respects the grading of its domain and codomain. Formally: Satisfying f(V_j)⊆W_i+j for fixed i (called the degree or grade of f), V_j the jth component of the grading of f 's domain, W_k the kth component of the grading of f 's codomain, and + representing the monoid operation in I.
- (geometry, of a space equipped with a group action) Informally: Everywhere the same, uniform, in the sense that any point can be moved to any other (via the group action) while respecting the structure of the space. Formally: Such that the group action is transitively and acts by automorphisms on the space (some authors also require that the action be faithful).
- (set theory, order theory, of a relation) Holding between a set and itself; being an endorelation.
- (of a first-order differential equation) Capable of being written in the form f(x,y) mathop dy=g(x,y) mathop dx where f and g are homogeneous functions of the same degree as each other.
- (linear algebra, by specialization, of a system of linear equations) Such that all the constant terms are zero.
- (mathematics) In any of several technical senses uniform; scalable; having its behavior or form determined by, or the same as, its behavior on or form at a smaller component (of its domain of definition, of itself, etc.).
- (geometry) Of or relating to homogeneous coordinates.
- The function f(x,y)#61;x²#43;x²ʸ#43;y² is not homogeneous on all of #92;mathbb#123;R#125;² because f(2,2)#61;16#92;neq 2ᵏ#42;3#61;2ᵏf(1,1) for any k, but f is homogeneous on the subspace of #92;mathbb#123;R#125;² spanned by (1,0) because f(#92;alphax,#92;alphay)#61;#92;alphax²#61;#92;alpha²f(x,y) for all (x,y)#92;in#92;operatorname#123;Span#125;#92;#123;(1,0)#92;#125;.
- (mathematical analysis, generalizing the case of polynomial functions, of a function f) Such that if each of f 's inputs are multiplied by the same scalar, f 's output is multiplied by the same scalar to some fixed power (called the degree of homogeneity or degree of f). (Formally and more generally, of a partial function f between vector spaces whose domain is a linear cone) Satisfying the equality f(s mathbf x)=sᵏᶠ(
- (of a general differential equation) Homogeneous as a function of the dependent variable and its derivatives.
- (chemistry) In the same state of matter.
- all of the same or similar kind or nature
adj
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree
- Erratic and unpredictable; tending to jump back and forth.
- (mathematics, of a function) Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.
- (of a system) Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.
- (chemistry, of a molecule) Whose atoms do not lie in a straight line.
- (of a set of points) Not lying on a straight line.
adj
- (mathematics) Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
- (nautical) Keeping upright.
- (informal) Expensive, pricey.
- (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- (professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.
- (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
- (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Potent.
- (informal) Dead, deceased.
- (golf) Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.
- (slang, of the penis) Erect.
- (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
- Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.
- (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
- (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- strong, vigorous
- rigidly formal
- not moving or operating freely
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- very drunk
adv
noun
- (prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
- (slang) A cadaver; a dead person.
- (slang) A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
- (slang, chiefly Canada, US) An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.
- (slang) A flop; a commercial failure.
- (US, slang, by extension) A customer who does not leave a tip.
- (US, slang) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- (finance, slang) Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
- (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- the dead body of a human being
- an ordinary man
verb
adj
- (linear algebra, of a system of linear equations) Having more equations than variables.
- (of a problem or question) Having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result.
- (usually psychoanalysis) Determined by multiple causes in such a way that any of the causes on its own would be sufficient to account for the effect.