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rootfinder

rootfinder noun: an algorithm for finding roots of an equation.

Noun

rootfinder (plural rootfinders)

  1. An algorithm for finding roots of an equation.
    • In two dimensions, when significant care is taken, they are competitive practical rootfinders.2015, Vanni Noferini, Alex Townsend, “Are resultant methods numerically unstable for multidimensional rootfinding?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Forms of rootfinder

pluralrootfinders

Origin of rootfinder

From root + finder.

Questions about rootfinder

What does rootfinder mean?
Rootfinder means an algorithm for finding roots of an equation.
What part of speech is rootfinder?
Rootfinder is a noun.
What is the plural of rootfinder?
The plural of rootfinder is rootfinders.

Words near rootfinder in the dictionary

  1. rootes
  2. rootest
  3. rooteth
  4. rootfast
  5. rootfastness
  6. rootfinder
  7. rootfinders
  8. rootfinding
  9. Rooth
  10. roothair
  11. roothairs

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