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trapezium rule

trapezium rule is the UK standard form of trapezoidal rule.

Meaning of trapezoidal rule

Noun

trapezoidal rule (plural trapezoidal rules)

  1. (US) A method of finding an approximate value for a definite integral, based on dividing the area under the graph of the function into a series of strips, each of which is approximately a trapezoid, and summing the area of all the trapezoids to approximate the area.

Forms of trapezium rule

pluraltrapezium rules

Questions about trapezium rule

What is trapezium rule the UK standard form of?
Trapezium rule is the UK standard form of trapezoidal rule.

Words near trapezium rule in the dictionary

  1. trapezites
  2. trapezitine
  3. trapezium
  4. trapezium bone
  5. trapezium bones
  6. trapezium rule
  7. trapezium rules
  8. trapeziums
  9. trapezius
  10. trapeziuses
  11. trapezocracy

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