boundary condition
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- noun
- /ˈbaʊndəri kənˈdɪʃən/
- Specialized
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condición de contorno
- Under the present boundary conditions, the hysteresis loop appears to be significantly wider than during glaciations.
- initial boundary condition
- specifies the boundary conditions
- imposed boundary conditions
Examples
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We need to define the boundary conditions before solving the differential equations.
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Separate equations, each subject to boundary conditions at the surface, govern the internal distribution of temperature, salinity, and density.
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And you have to face the boundary conditions, the walls of your system.
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You impose that boundary condition at either end.
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So this wave fits into the box with proper boundary conditions at the end.
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These parameters are known as boundary conditions, and as their name suggests, they act as constraints on climate and weather.
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The final information needed to complete the FE model description concerns the boundary conditions and the load state.
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The weights of the individual considerations are dependent upon context, and the boundary conditions of different cases are usually different.
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For clusters, grid-based methods offer a natural advantage by making it easy to implement boundary conditions.
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CFD enables engineers to obtain solutions for problems with complex geometries and boundary conditions.
Academic text (1998)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a condition given at the boundary of a domain' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'boundary' (edge/limit) + 'condition' (a requirement or clause) — essentially 'a condition at the boundary.' Although used in a technical mathematical context, the construction is literal and parallels formulations in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Boundary condition comes from the idea of giving a rule, the condition, at the edge of a space. Imagine a metal rod where you set the temperature at each end: the rule at the boundary, the 'edge', tells you how heat moves inside, so a boundary condition is the information you give at the border to work out what happens inside.