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variational
a. Of, pertaining to, or caused by variation
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Variational
Variational may refer to:
- Calculus of variations, a field of mathematical analysis that deals with maximizing or minimizing functionals
- Variational method, a way of finding approximations to the lowest energy eigenstate or ground state in quantum physics
- Variational Bayesian methods, a family of techniques for approximating integrals in Bayesian inference and machine learning
- Variational properties, properties of an organism relating to the production of variation among its offspring in evolutionary biology
- Variationist sociolinguistics or variational sociolinguistics, the study of variation in language use among speakers or groups of speakers
Usage examples of "variational".
This is also the inspirational ground of the cognitive part of his variational esthetic, a part which he himself refers to, let us remember, as a specifically novelistic essay.