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paradifferential

paradifferential adjective: describing an extension of differential calculus that deals with nonlinear hyperbolic and similar functions.

Adjective

paradifferential (not comparable)

  1. Describing an extension of differential calculus that deals with nonlinear hyperbolic and similar functions.
    • We here give an overview of results that we can get by Fourier analysis and paradifferential calculus, for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations.2015, Raphaël Danchin, “Fourier analysis methods for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations”, in arXiv

Origin of paradifferential

From para- + differential.

Questions about paradifferential

What does paradifferential mean?
Paradifferential means describing an extension of differential calculus that deals with nonlinear hyperbolic and similar functions.
What part of speech is paradifferential?
Paradifferential is an adjective.

Words near paradifferential in the dictionary

  1. paradiddle-diddles
  2. paradiddled
  3. paradiddles
  4. paradiddling
  5. paradidymis
  6. paradifferential
  7. paradigalla
  8. paradigallas
  9. paradigm
  10. paradigm leveling
  11. paradigm levelings

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