Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radon transform

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: radon -trans-form
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An integral transform which takes a function defined on the plane to a function defined on the (two-dimensional) space of lines in the plane, whose value at a particular line is equal to the line integral of the function over that line.

Etymology

Introduced in 1917 by Johann Radon.

Inflected Forms

Radon transforms (plural)

Questions

What does radon transform mean?: An integral transform which takes a function defined on the plane to a function defined on the (two-dimensional) space of lines in the plane, whose value at a particular line is equal to the line integral of the function over that line.
Where does radon transform come from?: Introduced in 1917 by Johann Radon.

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