Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

green's function

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: green's -func-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a type of function used in the analysis of inhomogeneous differential equations.

Etymology

Named after British mathematician George Green, who first developed the concept in the 1830s.

Inflected Forms

Green's functions (plural)

Questions

What does green's function mean?: a type of function used in the analysis of inhomogeneous differential equations.
Where does green's function come from?: Named after British mathematician George Green, who first developed the concept in the 1830s.

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