2. Noun. (vector) The symbol ?, used to denote the gradient operator. ¹
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Definition of Nabla
1. a mathematical symbol [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nabla
Literary usage of Nabla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scientific Papers of J. Willard Gibbs by Josiah Willard Gibbs (1906)
"287) that these integrating operators (Pot, Lap) are best expressed as inverse
functions of V. To see how utterly inadequate the nabla would have been to ..."
2. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"From the Cruit through which David chaunted the psalms ; for, nabla was its name in
... nabla, however, is not a generic name for every musical instrument, ..."
3. Scientific Papers by Peter Guthrie Tait (1900)
"as nabla*. We may define it in many ways, all independent of any system of coordinates
... But, preferably, we may define nabla once for all by the equation ..."
4. Manners of the Antient Israelites ...: With a Short Account of the Antient by Claude Fleury, Thomas Bedford (1820)
"Not know the nabla ? Then thou knowest nought that is good." Thus Bochart, Vol.
I. p. 728. And from the passage of Sopater there produced, ..."
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