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multivariable

multivariable

7.0
A course about functions of more than one variable
  • noun
  • /ˌmʌltiˈvɛrɪbəl/
  • Informal
translation icon : cálculo multivariable
  • In college, I struggled with multivariable calculus because it involves multiple dimensions.

Examples

  • The professor assigned a project that required us to apply our understanding of multivariable calculus to real-world problems.

  • Many engineering students take a course in multivariable calculus to understand complex systems.

  • So this book will contain content that other books that treat multivariable calculus don't have.

  • The XDY that's that's an elementary calculus, elementary multivariable calculus, but it's the place that we abstracted this rule.

How Many Variables

multivariable
  • Informal
7.0
bivariate
  • Specialized
1 9.0

Surface Forms

multivariable singular
multivariable plural

Morphology

multivariable = variable (semi-transparent) = multi + variable

The course-name sense is a lexicalized extension of the compositional adjective and is less literal than the mathematical reading.

Etymology

Multivariable is a short name for 'multivariable calculus' and mixes multi- 'many' with variable 'something that can change'. A helpful way to remember it is that the course studies functions with many changing values, which is why students call the class simply multivariable.