Bivariate

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A polynomial or function with exactly two variables.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or involving exactly two variables. not-comparable

    "Our upper bound is the best possible, and it implies the existence of low-rank factorizations of positive semidefinite bivariate matrix polynomials and representations of biforms as sums of few squares."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having two variables wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bivariantmultivariatetwo waytwo-wayunivariate

Example

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"Our upper bound is the best possible, and it implies the existence of low-rank factorizations of positive semidefinite bivariate matrix polynomials and representations of biforms as sums of few squares."

Etymology

From bi- + variate.

Related phrases

bivariate normal distribution

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