Mathematics. Designating a number of a type considered simpler in some way than other numbers; esp.: †(a) any positive whole number less than ten (obs…

Mathematics. = discrete, adj. 2. Obsolete.

Mathematics. Of, relating to, or expressed in periods (period, n. 18). Obsolete. rare.

= irreducible, adj.

Mathematics. Of a function: = analytic, adj. 2b.

Mathematics. Of a function: having derivatives of all orders at every point of its domain (or a specified part of its domain); locally representable…

Specific uses. Arithmetic and Algebra. (a) Made up by combination of several elements, as †compound decimal n. one consisting of a whole number and…

Surveying and Computing. Such that a small error in measurement or change in data gives rise to only a small change in the calculated result or…

Having one value (for each component); spec. (of a function) = single-valued, adj.

Of a set: not empty; having at least one member or element.

Mathematics. Conforming to expectation or having useful properties, such as continuity or differentiability (in the case of a function), absolute…

Designating or relating to a point in a space at which a function is stationary and has a local maximum in one direction and a local minimum in…

Containing no redundant elements.

Mathematics and Physics. Not linear (linear, adj. 3a); designating, involving, or solving an equation or equations of degree higher than one…

Mathematics. Of a proof: showing how an entity may in principle be constructed or arrived at in a finite number of steps, without depending on the…

Mathematics. Of or pertaining to extreme qualities or configurations, or highest or lowest values.

That depends on, relates to, or is concerned with maximum and minimum values; spec. = maximin, adj.

Mathematics. Designating a function of three real variables, whose partial derivatives with respect to these variables satisfy certain conditions…

Statistics. Of or relating to meta-analysis (meta-analysis, n. 2).