“Bernoulli\'s”

The following 3 entries include the term Bernoulli\'s.

Bernoulli's principle

noun

: a principle in hydrodynamics: the pressure in a stream of fluid is reduced as the speed of the flow is increased

Bernoulli's equation

noun

: a nonlinear differential equation of the first order that has the general form dy/dx + f(x)y = g(x)yn and that can be put in linear form by dividing through by yn and making the change of variable Y = yn+1

Bernoulli's theorem

noun

: a basic principle of statistics: as the number of independent trials of an event of theoretical probability p is indefinitely increased, the observed ratio of actual occurrences of the event to total trials approaches p as a limit


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