Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heaviside unit function

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: heav-iside u-nit -func-tion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The function whose value is zero if its independent variable is negative, and one otherwise.

Etymology

Named after Oliver Heaviside.

Inflected Forms

Heaviside unit functions (plural)

Questions

What does heaviside unit function mean?: The function whose value is zero if its independent variable is negative, and one otherwise.
Where does heaviside unit function come from?: Named after Oliver Heaviside.

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