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Resolution 76% connected

The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…

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Factor 74% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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Factor 74% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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Affine transformation noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axis

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Domain noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

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Domain of a function noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

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Factorisation noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression

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Factorization noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression

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Function noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element…

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Homothecy noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point.; "Successive applications of homotheti…

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Homothety noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point.; "Successive applications of homotheti…

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Image noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all…

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Map noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element…

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Mapping noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element…

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Mathematical function noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element…

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Operator noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation

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Range noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all…

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Range of a function noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all…

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Reflection noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed

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Rotation noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin

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Series noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions

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Address verb · 78% connection

To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.

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Agency noun · 78% connection

The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of anot…

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Agent noun · 78% connection

One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a depu…

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Angiohemophilia noun · 78% connection

a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characte…

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Causal factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Causal mechanism phrase · 78% connection

The steps that explain how a cause leads to an effect.

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Causation noun · 78% connection

A link where one thing actually causes another.

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Christmas disease noun · 78% connection

a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX

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Classical haemophilia noun · 78% connection

hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men

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Classical hemophilia noun · 78% connection

hemophilia caused by a congenital deficiency of factor VIII; occurs almost exclusively in men

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Commission noun · 78% connection

The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales.…

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Commissionnaire noun · 78% connection

An agent or factor; a commission merchant.

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confounding variable noun · 78% connection

A hidden factor that may make two things appear related when another influence is involved.

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Consignee noun · 78% connection

The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor.

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Coucher noun · 78% connection

A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic.

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Covariant noun · 78% connection

A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same…

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Cube noun · 78% connection

The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.

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