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    MATHEMATICAL PROCESS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methodsplay

    Example:

    they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic

    Synonyms:

    mathematical operation; mathematical process; operation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("mathematical process" is a kind of...):

    calculation; computation; computing (the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods)

    Domain category:

    math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mathematical process"):

    permutation (the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements)

    combination (the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order)

    differentiation (the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function)

    maximization (the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function)

    integration (an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined)

    exponentiation; involution (the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power)

    arithmetic operation (a mathematical operation involving numbers)

    matrix operation (a mathematical operation involving matrices)

    construction (drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem)

    relaxation; relaxation method (a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount)

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