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nonsmoothness

nonsmoothness noun: the condition of being nonsmooth, roughness.

Noun

nonsmoothness (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being nonsmooth, roughness
    • In the context of global optimization and mixed-integer non\-linear programming, generalizing a technique of D'Ambrosio, Fampa, Lee and Vigerske for handling the square-root function, we develop a virtuous smoothing method, using cubics, aimed at functions having some limited nonsmoothness.2016, Jon Lee, Daphne Skipper, “Virtuous smoothing for global optimization”, in arXiv

Origin of nonsmoothness

From non- + smoothness.

Questions about nonsmoothness

What does nonsmoothness mean?
Nonsmoothness means the condition of being nonsmooth, roughness.
What part of speech is nonsmoothness?
Nonsmoothness is a noun.

Words near nonsmoothness in the dictionary

  1. nonsmokers
  2. nonsmoking
  3. nonsmooth
  4. nonsmoothed
  5. nonsmoothly
  6. nonsmoothness
  7. nonsmutting
  8. nonsnack
  9. nonsnacker
  10. nonsnackers
  11. nonsnitch

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