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nabla

  1. (matematica) operatore di simbolo ∇ usato in analisi vettoriale, formato dalle derivate parziali rispetto alle tre coordinate spaziali ritenute componenti di un vettore, e che permette di esprimere, in forma di operazioni tra vettori, gli usuali operatori vettoriali come il gradiente, la divergenza, il rotore e il laplaciano

dall’inglese nabla che deriva dal greco νάβλα cioè "sorta di arpa"

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