closed form
noun1
Mathematics, Sciences A form (expression) that does not use limits, implicitly or explicitly.
- There is no known representation of π in closed form: each expression for it includes an integral, an infinite series, or an infinite continued fraction.
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Mathematics, Sciences A differential form whose exterior derivative is zero.
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Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Poetry, Publishing, Writing A type of poetry with regular structure, such as meter or a rhyming pattern.
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Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Poetry, Publishing, Writing Trobar clus.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closed, form.
- If ω is a closed form, then dω=0.