(military, law enforcement, chiefly in the plural) An internal rule among a military, police, etc. force defining the circumstances in which and manner with which to use force.

plural of mercy rule

Alternative letter-case form of L'Hôpital's rule

Alternative letter-case form of L'Hôpital's rule

Alternative letter-case form of L'Hôpital's rule

(mathematics) A method of finding an approximate value for a definite integral, based on dividing the area under the graph of the function into a series of strips, each of which is approximately a trapezoid, and summing the area of all the trapezoids to approximate the area.

plural of Vegas rule

(slang, humorous) A tacit agreement between two parties not to publicly discuss or verbally repeat events, conversations, or other sensitive information.

(mathematics, computing theory) The rule stating that a polynomial of degree n can be (optimally) evaluated with only n multiplications and n additions: a_0+a_1x+a_2x²+a_3x³+⋯+a_nxⁿ\=a_0+x bigg (a_1+x Big (a_2+x big (a_3+⋯+x(a_n-1+x,a_n)⋯ big ) Big ) bigg ).

Synonym of Born rule