trapezoidal rule (English, noun)
expansion: trapezoidal rule (plural trapezoidal rules)
expansion: (American spelling)
Senses:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A method of finding an approximate value for a definite integral, based on dividing the area under the graph of the function into a series of strips, each of which is approximately a trapezoid, and summing the area of all the trapezoids to approximate the area.
tags: US
Forms:
form: trapezoidal rules
tags: plural