special function
Mathematics Physics
noun
Any of various mathematical functions regarded as particularly important, especially in mathematical physics.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in American Mathematical Monthly.
- propionibacterium
- propionic acid
- propionic aldehyde
- propionitrile
- propionyl
- prop-iron
- propiska
- propitiable
- propitial
- propitiate
- propitiation
- propitiative
- propitiator
- propitiatorily
- propitiatory
- propitious
- propitiously
- propitiousness
- prop jet
- proplastid
- prop-leg
- propless
- propleura
- propleuron
- propleurum