单词 | fluxions |
释义 | > as lemmas(the method or †doctrine of) fluxions b. Hence (the method or †doctrine of) fluxions is used as a name for the Newtonian calculus.The direct and inverse method of fluxions are (apart from differences of notation) essentially identical with the differential and the integral calculus respectively. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > calculus > [noun] calculus1672 fluxions1702 summatory calculus1704 infinitesimal calculus1801 rheometry1841 1702 J. Raphson Math. Dict. at Fluxions A different way..passes..in France under the Name of Leibnitz's Differential Calculus, or Calculus of Differences. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xx. 327 A Penetration into the abstruse Difficulties and Depths of modern Algebra and Fluxions. 1812 D. Cresswell Elem. Treat. Investigation Maxima & Minima ii. ii. 197 Its [quantity's] increase and decrease by motion, which is the foundation of the doctrine of Fluxions. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. iii. iii. 271 The method of fluxions, or, as it is now more generally called, the differential calculus. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ix. §1. 599 Newton..facilitated the calculation of planetary movements by his theory of Fluxions. < as lemmas |
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