(calculus) The form of calculus that deals with the maxima and minima of definite integrals of functions of many variables.

plural of antigenic variation

plural of equivalent variation

plural of magnetic variation

plural of elegant variation

plural of copy number variation

(economics) The measure of how much money a consumer would pay before a price increase, to avoid the price increase.

(journalism, literature) A form of journalese characterized by the overuse of synonyms for fear of repeating a word.

(statistics) the proportion of cases not in the mode

(military, nautical, navigation) In navigation, at a given place and time, the horizontal angle between the true north and magnetic north measured east or west according to whether magnetic north lies east or west of true north.