d'Alembertian

noun

The d'Alembert operator.

Meanings

nound'Alembertian (plural d'Alembertians)

plural d'Alembertians

  1. natural sciencesThe d'Alembert operator.
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    Furthermore, we note that #92;partial#95;#92;mu#92;partial#92;mu#61;#92;eta#123;#92;mu#92;nu#125;#92;partial#95;#92;mu#92;partial#95;#92;nu#61;#58;Template#58;#92;partial²#125;#92;over#123;#92;partialt²-#92;nabla²#61;#92;square, which is known as the d'Alembertian, is invariant under Lorentz transformations.

    2011, Ashok Das, Lectures on Gravitation, Singapore: World Scientific, page 25

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

From Jean le Rond d'Alembert + -ian.

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