Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemivariational

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemi-vari-a-tion-al
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a generalization of variational inequalities which covers boundary value problems for partial differential equations with nonmonotone, nonconvex and possibly multivalued laws.

Example Sentences

"The variational formulation of this problem leads to hemivariational inequality with a nonsmooth functional defined on the contact boundary."

Etymology

From hemi- + variational.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hemi

Questions

What does hemivariational mean?: Pertaining to a generalization of variational inequalities which covers boundary value problems for partial differential equations with nonmonotone, nonconvex and possibly multivalued laws.
Where does hemivariational come from?: From hemi- + variational.

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