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trapezoidal rules

trapezoidal rules is the plural 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.

Questions about trapezoidal rules

What is trapezoidal rules the plural of?
Trapezoidal rules is the plural of trapezoidal rule.

Words near trapezoidal rules in the dictionary

  1. trapezoid bones
  2. trapezoid rule
  3. trapezoid rules
  4. trapezoidal
  5. trapezoidal rule
  6. trapezoidal rules
  7. trapezoidally
  8. trapezoidiform
  9. trapezoids
  10. Trapezund
  11. Trapezuntine

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