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multiderivative

multiderivative adjective: having or employing multiple derivatives.

Adjective

multiderivative (not comparable)

  1. Having or employing multiple derivatives
    • The end result is that the multiderivative time integrator allows us to obtain high-order accuracy in time while keeping the number of implicit stages at a minimum.2015, Alexander Jaust, Jochen Schütz, David C. Seal, “Implicit multistage two-derivative discontinuous Galerkin schemes for viscous conservation laws”, in arXiv

Origin of multiderivative

From multi- + derivative.

Questions about multiderivative

What does multiderivative mean?
Multiderivative means having or employing multiple derivatives.
What part of speech is multiderivative?
Multiderivative is an adjective.

Words near multiderivative in the dictionary

  1. multidentate ligands
  2. multidenticulate
  3. multidenticulated
  4. multidepartment
  5. multidepartmental
  6. multiderivative
  7. multidermatomal
  8. multidesktop
  9. multidestination
  10. multidetection
  11. multidetector

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