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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does numerical analysis mean?
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS (noun)
The noun NUMERICAL ANALYSIS has 1 sense:
1. (mathematics) the branch of mathematics that studies algorithms for approximating solutions to problems in the infinitesimal calculus
Familiarity information: NUMERICAL ANALYSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(mathematics) the branch of mathematics that studies algorithms for approximating solutions to problems in the infinitesimal calculus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("numerical analysis" is a kind of...):
pure mathematics (the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
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