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semivariation

semivariation noun: variation that only considers certain parts of a function or a stochastic process, typically focusing on only the positive or only the negative changes rather than all changes.

Noun

semivariation (plural semivariations)

  1. Variation that only considers certain parts of a function or a stochastic process, typically focusing on only the positive or only the negative changes rather than all changes.
    • A semivariation of vector measure μ on a measurable set A is the quantity […]1998, Quaestiones Mathematicae: Journal of the South African Mathematical Society, page 62
    • A semivariation may be finite in the case of infinite variation of η, which is defined by the formula […]2010, Vladimir Igorevich Bogachev, Differentiable Measures and the Malliavin Calculus, page 195

Forms of semivariation

pluralsemivariations

Origin of semivariation

From semi- + variation.

Questions about semivariation

What does semivariation mean?
Semivariation means variation that only considers certain parts of a function or a stochastic process, typically focusing on only the positive or only the negative changes rather than all changes.
What part of speech is semivariation?
Semivariation is a noun.
What is the plural of semivariation?
The plural of semivariation is semivariations.

Words near semivariation in the dictionary

  1. semivariable
  2. semivariagram
  3. semivariagrams
  4. semivariance
  5. semivariances
  6. semivariation
  7. semivariations
  8. semivariogram
  9. semivariograms
  10. semivegetarian
  11. semivegetarianism

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