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approximand

approximand noun: the solution to function, series, etc. that is to be approximated.

Noun

approximand (plural approximands)

  1. The solution to function, series, etc. that is to be approximated.
    • Each shape affects how well F approximates a given approximand and how quickly an adaptive fuzzy system F approximates when learning tunes the parameters of Aⱼ.1998, International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Volumes 1-3, page 1237
    • In effect, this result is ideal, as it gives the same rate m^(-(s-1/p)) we could hope to obtain by knowing that the underlying approximand was a ridge function in a specific direction […]2000, Royal Society (Great Britain), Wavelets: The Key to Intermittent Information?, page 256

Forms of approximand

pluralapproximands

Questions about approximand

What does approximand mean?
Approximand means the solution to function, series, etc. that is to be approximated.
What part of speech is approximand?
Approximand is a noun.
What is the plural of approximand?
The plural of approximand is approximands.

Words near approximand in the dictionary

  1. approximabilities
  2. approximability
  3. approximable
  4. approximal
  5. approximally
  6. approximand
  7. approximands
  8. approximant
  9. approximants
  10. approximatable
  11. approximate

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