relaxation method

1. 1.

   a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount

   Synonymsrelaxation

   Broadermathematical process

Questions about relaxation method

What does relaxation method mean?

relaxation method means "a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount".

What is another word for relaxation method?

Close synonyms include relaxation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is relaxation method a common word?

relaxation method is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.