smoothness
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smoothness
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From Middle English smothenesse; equivalent to smooth + -ness. Compare Old English smēþnes (“smoothness, a smooth place, a level surface”).
noun smoothnesses
- The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition. The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.
- The highest order of derivative (the differentiability class) over a given domain. Smoothness can vary from 0 (for a nondifferentiable function) to infinity (for a smooth function).
- The quantity measured by the modulus of smoothness. A central problem in approximation theory is to characterize the best approximation of a function by polynomials, or other classes of simple functions, in terms of the smoothness of the function. In this chapter, we study the characterization of the best approximation by polynomials on the sphere. I
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noun condition of being smooth
| हिन्दी | चिकनाई ciknāī |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | ulaini |
| Português | suavidade |
| Deutsch | Glätte |
| Italiano | levigatezza |
| Русский | гла́дкость gládkostʹ |
Talk about this word "smoothness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/smoothness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. smoothness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/smoothness "smoothness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/smoothness.Cite this
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