nabla

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nabla

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From Latin nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla, “Phoenician harp”), from ancient Hebrew נֵבֶל (nḗḇel) or a Phoenician cognate. Doublet of nebel, which comes via the modern Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל.

noun nablas · nevel

  1. A Hebrew stringed instrument.

    Similar: nebel

  2. The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.

Similar: atled, del

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noun

Similar: atled, del

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noun symbol

Españolnabla
Portuguêsnabla
DeutschNabla
Русскийнабла nabla

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"nabla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nabla. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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nabla. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nabla

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"nabla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nabla.

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@misc{nabla_2026,
  title = {nabla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nabla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}