Jacobin vs Jacobian - What's the difference?

jacobin | jacobian |


As adjectives the difference between jacobin and jacobian

is that jacobin is jacobin while jacobian is (jacobian).

As nouns the difference between jacobin and jacobian

is that jacobin is jacobin while jacobian is (jacobian).

jacobin

English

(wikipedia Jacobin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Dominican friar.
  • A member of a radical French political club founded (at an old Jacobin convent) in 1789 and one of the driving forces of the French Revolution.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 429-30:
  • *:The Jacobins acted as a left-of-centre parliamentary pressure group, spending much of their time in coordinating the following day's business in the Assembly.
  • By extension, a political radical.
  • A breed of domestic pigeon (known for its feathered hood over its head).

    • References

    *Collins Shorter English Dictionary *Napoleon - a biography by Frank McLynn Pages 209-10, 212, 213, 220,221,222,224,233,

    jacobian

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
    • The Jacobian matrix has partial derivatives as its entries.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (calculus) A Jacobian matrix or its associated operator.
  • (calculus) The determinant of such a matrix.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "Jacobian") English eponyms