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81Potential — Po*ten tial, n. 1. Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Math.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the… …
82potential function — Potential Po*ten tial, n. 1. Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Math.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine… …
83j-axis — A vertical axis in a system of rectangular coordinates; that line on which distances above or below (north or south) the reference line are marked, especially on a map, chart, or graph …
84fourth dimension — noun Date: 1875 1. a dimension in addition to length, breadth, and depth; specifically a coordinate in addition to three rectangular coordinates especially when interpreted as the time coordinate in a space time continuum 2. something outside the …
85sine curve — noun Date: 1893 the graph in rectangular coordinates of the equation y=a sin bx where a and b are constants …
86Imaginary number — In mathematics, an imaginary number (or purely imaginary number) is a complex number whose squared value is a real number not greater than zero.Ahlfors, Lars V. Complex Analysis. 3rd Ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 1979. Pages 1 4.] The imaginary unit …
87Winding number — The term winding number may also refer to the rotation number of an iterated map. This curve has winding number two around the point p. In mathematics, the winding number of a closed curve in the plane around a given point is an integer… …
88Real part — In mathematics, the real part of a complex number z, is the first element of the ordered pair of real numbers representing z, i.e. if z = (x, y) , or equivalently, z = x+iy, then the real part of z is x. It is denoted by Re{ z } or Re{ z }, where …
89Complex conjugate — Geometric representation of z and its conjugate in the complex plane In mathematics, complex conjugates are a pair of complex numbers, both having the same real part, but with imaginary parts of equal magni …
90Johann Franz Encke — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image size =250px caption = PAGENAME birth date = 23 September 1791 birth place = Hamburg death date = 26 August 1865 death place = Spandau residence = citizenship = nationality = German ethnicity =… …
