Bessel function
The English word “Bessel function” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- Any of a class of functions that are solutions to a particular form of differential equation (a Bessel equation) and are typically used to describe waves in a cylindrically symmetric system.
Etymology
For Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician.
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More English words
- Bessarabia
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- Besselian element
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