Integraph

Integraph

Integraph is an instrument used in mathematics for plotting the integral of a graphically defined function.

It was invented independently about 1880 by the British physicist Sir Charles Vernon Boys and the Polish-Lithuanian mathematician from Russian Empire, Bruno Abakanowicz.


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  • Integraph —   der, en/ en, ein Integriergerät. * * * In|te|graph, der; en, en [zu ↑Integral u. ↑ graph]: Integriergerät, das die grafische Lösung des Integrals (2) einer Differenzialgleichung liefert …   Universal-Lexikon

  • integraph — /in ti graf , grahf /, n. integrator (def. 2). [1880 85; b. INTEGRATE and GRAPH] * * * ▪ instrument       mathematical instrument for plotting the integral of a graphically defined function. Two such instruments were invented independently about… …   Universalium

  • integraph — noun A device that determines the value of an integral by measuring the area under a curve (and drawing the curve of its integral) …   Wiktionary

  • integraph — n. device that performs mathematical integrations, integrator …   English contemporary dictionary

  • integraph — in·te·graph …   English syllables

  • integraph — ˌgraf, rȧf noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, blend of integrate and graph : an instrument that draws mechanically the graph of an antiderivative of a given mathematical function …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Bruno Abakanowicz — Bruno Abdank Abakanowicz (October 6, 1852 August 29 1900) was a mathematician, inventor and electrical engineer. Life and Nationality Abakanowicz was born in 1852 in Vilkmergė, Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire (formerly the Grand Duchy of… …   Wikipedia

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