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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 = y−n+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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