multigrid

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noun

A class of techniques for solving algebraic or differential equations that employs a hierarchy of discretizations

“replaced by a multiplicative mixer using a multigrid tube like a hexode”

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Meanings

nounmultigrid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingA class of techniques for solving algebraic or differential equations that employs a hierarchy of discretizations

    We will give a systematic introduction to basic multigrid. Our intention is to give sufficient detail on multigrid for model problems […]

    2001, Ulrich Trottenberg et al., Multigrid, Academic Press.
adjectivemultigrid (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingRelating to or utilising a multigrid method.
  2. not comparablebusinessHaving more than one grid electrode (of electronic vacuum tubes)

    replaced by a multiplicative mixer using a multigrid tube like a hexode

Origin

From multi- + grid.

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Translations

Italian multigriglia
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APA

multigrid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multigrid

MLA

“multigrid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multigrid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multigrid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multigrid.

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