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Equation vs Resolvent - What's the difference?

equation | resolvent |

As a noun equation

is equation (assertion).

As a verb resolvent is

.

equation

English

(wikipedia equation)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
  • (astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.

    • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * algebraic equation * Arrhenius equation * chemical equation * differential equation * Diophantine equation * Drake equation * integral equation * Kepler's equation * Lagrange's equations * linear equation * Navier-Stokes equation * parametric equation * partial differential equation * Pell's equation * personal equation * polynomial equation * quadratic equation * * Van der Waals equation * wave equation

    Related terms

    * equality * equational * identity * inequation * inequality

    resolvent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
  • (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
    • (Coxe)
  • (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
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