direct variation
Americannoun
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a proportional relationship in mathematics, wherein one variable equals another variable multiplied by a constant.
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an equation expressing this relationship.
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We will discuss direct variation and inverse variation in this section.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
When that happens, the equation of direct variation is y = k x2 .
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
In applications using direct variation, generally we will know values of one pair of the variables and will be asked to find the equation that relates x and y.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
A relationship in which one quantity is a constant multiplied by another quantity is called direct variation.
From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015
There is thus, according to Weismann, nothing to direct variation to certain organs, or to guide and combine the variations of these organs along certain lines, except natural selection.
From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason
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