This page gathers the 10,257 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Mathematics”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 39 of 103: from “gripper” to “hardware acceleration”.
- gripper noun A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved.
- groin noun The surface formed by two such vaults.
- Gromov-Witten invariant noun A rational number that, in certain situations, counts pseudoholomorphic curves meeting prescribed conditions in a given symplectic…
- gronk verb Of a floppy disk drive: to produce mechanical sounds of operation.
- groom verb In agile software development, to review and prioritize the items in the development backlog.
- grooming noun In agile software development, the reviewing and prioritization of items in the development backlog.
- Grothendieck topology noun A structure on a category which makes the category's objects act like the open sets of a topological space.
- Grothendieck universe noun A kind of universal set whose elements follow the rules of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, and for which, with respect to an arbitrary set, an…
- Grötzsch graph noun A triangle-free graph with 11 vertices, 20 edges, chromatic number 4, and crossing number 5. It is a member of an infinite sequence of…
- ground truthing noun In machine learning, the process of gathering objective (provable) data in order to test the system.
- group noun A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
- group action noun A mapping of a mathematical group to the permutations of an object that is compatible with the group operation.
- group box noun A rectangular control that can contain other controls, intended for grouping similar items visually.
- group functor noun A group object that is an object in a category of functors; a functor with certain properties that generalise the concept of group.
- group object noun Given a category C, any object X ∈ C on which morphisms are defined corresponding to the group theoretic concepts of a binary operation…
- group of Lie type noun Usually, a finite group that is closely related to the group of rational points of a reductive linear algebraic group with values in a…
- group ring noun Given ring R with identity not equal to zero, and group G=g_1,g_2,...,g_n, the group ring RG has elements of the form…
- group scheme noun A group object that is an object in a category of schemes; a scheme that has certain properties that generalise the concept of group.
- group theory noun The mathematical theory of groups.
- groupoid noun A magma: a set with a total binary operation.
- growl verb To send a user a message via the Growl software library.
- gskew noun A form of branch predictor that implements multiple prediction mechanisms with different indexing functions.
- guard noun A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
- guard band noun A virtual area of the screen, bordering the real screen, to which any rendering is ignored, used to simplify clipping.
- guest noun A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own.
- guilt by association noun A fallacy where a person or idea is judged guilty or discredited solely due to their connection to someone or something that is viewed…
- guiltware noun Software that attempts to convince the user to fulfil some obligation (such as registration or donation to a charity) by eliciting feelings…
- gulp noun An unspecified small number of bytes, often two.
- Gumbel distribution noun A model of the distribution of the maximum (or the minimum) of a number of samples of various distributions.
- gun noun A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- Gunter's line noun A logarithmic line on a Gunter's scale, which is used to perform the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically with only dividers.
- gweep verb To work on a minicomputer late at night.
- gyro- prefix gyrovector space
- gyroaverage noun The average over a gyroperiod; a gyrophase average.
- gyroid noun An infinitely connected periodic minimal surface containing no straight lines.
- gyroparallelogram noun A hyperbolic quadrilateral whose two gyrodiagonals intersect at their gyromidpoints, analogous to a parallelogram in Euclidean space.
- gyrovector noun A type of vector for which addition is defined by a formula that satisfies the axioms for a gyrogroup.
- H-space noun A topological space X (generally assumed to be connected) together with a continuous map μ : X × X → X with an identity element e such that…
- hack verb To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to…
- hack up verb To quickly and simply create (a piece of code).
- hackable adj That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.
- hackathon noun An event where programmers and others meet for collaborative software development, usually over several days.
- hackee noun The victim of a hacking attack; one whose computer system has been compromised.
- hacker noun One who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer.
- hackerish adj Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (malicious user who breaks into computer systems).
- hackery noun The use of hacks (ingenious but inelegant techniques).
- hacking noun Playful solving of technical work that requires deep understanding, especially of a computer system.
- hacking run noun A hacking session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours; sometimes an all-nighter.
- Hackintosh noun A computer other than a Macintosh that has been configured to run the Macintosh operating system (OS X or macOS).
- hackish adj Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
- hacky adj Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds.
- Hadamard regularization noun A method of regularizing divergent integrals by dropping some divergent terms and keeping the finite part.
- Hadamard transform noun A generalized Fourier transform that performs an orthogonal, symmetric, involutive, linear operation on 2ᵐ real numbers (or complex…
- Hahn series noun A type of formal infinite series, a generalization of Puiseux series. They allow for arbitrary exponents of the indeterminate so long as…
- Haken adj Irreducible, compact, and containing a non-∂-parallel incompressible surface (besides a sphere or disk).
- hal noun A homicidal computer, an artificial intelligence that acts similarly to the HAL 9000 featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- halant noun A character which binds consonants into a conjunct or some other form of visual combination which is prototypically a visual indication…
- half space noun Either of the two parts of three-dimensional space divided by a plane.
- half-edge noun An edge that is attached to only one node, rather than connecting two of them, or is connected in only one direction
- half-integer noun Any number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two; a number equal to some integer plus one half.
- half-open adj (referring to an interval on the real line) containing only one of its endpoints
- half-open interval noun An interval in the real line which contains one of its endpoints but not the other one: i.e., it either contains its supremum or its…
- halfspace noun Either of the two parts of a three-dimensional object cut by a two-dimensional plane
- halfwidth adj Of a text character, occupying the space of half of a fullwidth character, or one "normal" text column.
- halting problem noun The problem of deciding in finite time whether a given program will finish running in finite time, when given a certain finite input.
- hamburger noun Ellipsis of hamburger button.
- Hamilton-Jacobi equation noun A mathematical formulation of classical mechanics in which the motion of a particle can be represented as a wave.
- Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation noun A nonlinear partial differential equation that provides necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality of a control with respect to a…
- Hamiltonian adj Of, attributed to or inspired by the Irish mathematician, astronomer and physicist William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865).
- Hamiltonian cycle noun A Hamiltonian path with an additional connection between the first and last vertices visited, forming a cycle.
- hammer verb To make high demands on (a system or service).
- Hamming distance noun Given two strings of equal length, the number of positions at which the corresponding symbols differ; it therefore indicates the minimum…
- hand off noun The transfer of control to another subsystem.
- hand-code verb To develop (software, web pages, etc.) by writing source code or markup directly, without the use of tools allowing higher-level…
- hand-held noun A personal digital assistant or video game console that is small enough to be held in the hands.
- handle noun A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- handlebody noun A top-dimensional submanifold of Euclidean space comprising a ball with handles attached to it along its boundary.
- handler noun A subroutine that handles a particular situation such as an event or exception.
- handshake noun An exchange of signals between two devices when communications begin in order to ensure synchronization.
- handshaking noun A step in a protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices; often as part of the initiation process for…
- hang verb To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
- Hann function noun A discrete window function, w(n)=1/2;(1- cos ((2πn)/(N-1))), typically used to select a subset of a series of samples in order to perform a…
- happy number noun Any number that eventually reaches 1 after some number of iterations of replacing each of its digits by the sum of that digit's squares.
- haptic adj Of or relating to haptics (“the study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch”).
- haptic interface noun A user interface that allows a user to receive tactile feedback through the movement of a limb or the head.
- haptics noun The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch.
- hard code verb To build absolute and unchangeable values into a program such that they can only be changed by modifying the source code.
- hard disk noun One of a series of parallel magnetic recording disks in a drive unit, used for the recording and retrieval of digital information; used…
- hard drive noun An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly…
- hard error noun A type of error which persists even after power-cycling the equipment; associated with permanent physical damage to the equipment's…
- hard real-time adj Being or relating to a system in which no latency is tolerated, one that has absolute deadlines, and if those allotted time spans are…
- hard reset noun The reinitialization of the core hardware components of a computer system, ending any software processes and restarting the operating…
- hard return noun The type of newline that represents the semantic concept of a paragraph break (as opposed to the type that represents merely a line break…
- hard sectoring noun The use of a physical mark or hole to reference sector locations within a magnetic or optical recording medium.
- hard-wire verb To implement a feature in hardware rather than in software so that it cannot easily be changed.
- harden verb To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
- hardened adj Having extra defences against attack; highly fortified.
- hardsub verb To transcribe or overlay hardsubs (onto a video).
- hardware noun The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc.
- hardware acceleration noun Usage of dedicated hardware to perform a task, rather than relying on equivalent software, as it will be more performant.