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MATHEMATICAL OPERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
Example:
they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic
Synonyms:
mathematical operation; mathematical process; operation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mathematical operation" is a kind of...):
calculation; computation; computing (the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mathematical operation"):
permutation (the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements)
combination (the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order)
differentiation (the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function)
maximization (the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function)
integration (an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined)
exponentiation; involution (the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power)
arithmetic operation (a mathematical operation involving numbers)
matrix operation (a mathematical operation involving matrices)
construction (drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem)
relaxation; relaxation method (a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount)
