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  • 1Curve of quickest descent — Curve Curve, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a… …

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  • 2Н — Наблюдаемые входные данные — см .Ненаблюдаемые входные данные Наблюдатель [ analyst, observer] Наблюдение экономических явлений [economic observation] Наблюдения [observations] …

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  • 3наискорейший подъем, наискорейший спуск — Направления поиска экстремума (максимальной или минимальной точек) в задачах математического программирования при их решении градиентными методами. Эти направления в каждой заданной точке перпендикулярны (ортогональны) к линии уровня.… …

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  • 4Axis of a curve — Curve Curve, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a… …

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  • 5Brachystochrone — Bra*chys to*chrone, n. [Incorrect for brachistochrone, fr. Gr. bra chistos shortest (superl. of brachy s short) + ? time : cf. F. brachistochrone. ] (Math.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force …

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  • 6Curve — Curve, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight… …

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  • 7Curve tracing — Curve Curve, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a… …

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  • 8cycloid — Brachystochrone Bra*chys to*chrone, n. [Incorrect for brachistochrone, fr. Gr. bra chistos shortest (superl. of brachy s short) + ? time : cf. F. brachistochrone. ] (Math.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending… …

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  • 9Plane curve — Curve Curve, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a… …

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  • 10brachistochrone — brachistochronic /breuh kis teuh kron ik/, brachistochronous /bray keuh stok reuh neuhs, brak euh /, adj. /breuh kis teuh krohn /, n. Mech. the curve between two points that in the shortest time by a body moving under an external force without… …

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