approximation
anything that is similar but not exactly equal to something else; approached, inaccurate expression of any data
paraxial approximation
small angle approximation in geometric optics
rule of twelfths
approximation to a sine curve used as a rule of thumb for estimating a changing quantity where both the quantity and the steps are easily divisible by 12
approximate value
type of approximation
quasi-linkage equilibrium
mathematical approximation used in solving population genetics problems
Whittle likelihood
Statistical model
stochastic approximation
family of iterative methods
Born approximation
scattering theory
Born-Oppenheimer approximation
The notion that the motion of atomic nuclei and electrons can be separated
scale analysis
problem-solving technique in applied mathematics using order-of-magnitude approximations
sigma approximation
method of adjusting a Fourier summation to greatly reduce the Gibbs phenomenon, which would otherwise occur at discontinuities.
effective medium approximations
modeling of composite materials by appropriately averaging their constituent properties
semiclassical approximation
term in quantum physics
small-angle approximation
Simplification of the basic trigonometric functions
empty lattice approximation
a theoretical electronic band structure model in which the potential is periodic and weak
least-squares function approximation
mathematical method
imperfect rhyme
rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds
atomic radius
any measure of the size of atoms
stationary phase approximation
basic principle of asymptotic analysis due to George Gabriel Stokes and Lord Kelvin
pi is three
approximation for pi, used in Yutori education
pressure altitude
altitude imputed based on observed barometric pressure using the International Standard Atmosphere model
point counting
method to determine the proportion of an area that is covered by some objects of interest
curve fitting
process of constructing a curve, or mathematical function, that has the best fit to a series of data points
two-stream approximation
discrete ordinate approximation in which radiation propagating along only two discrete directions is considered
numerical solution
a numerical approximation of a solution to a mathematical problem