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bisection method

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
bi-sec-tion method
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A root-finding method that applies to any continuous functions for which one knows two values with opposite signs, and consists of repeatedly bisecting the interval defined by these values and then selecting the subinterval in which the function changes sign, and therefore must contain a root.

Inflected Forms

bisection methods (plural)

Questions

What does bisection method mean?
A root-finding method that applies to any continuous functions for which one knows two values with opposite signs, and consists of repeatedly bisecting the interval defined by these values and then selecting the subinterval in which the function changes sign, and therefore must contain a root.

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