Associations to the word «Hessian»
Noun
- Computing
- Palatinate
- Feasibility
- Hussar
- Equivalence
- Westphalia
- Palatine
- Tensor
- Rhineland
- Blending
- Skirmish
- Wheat
- Muller
- Waistcoat
- Horseman
- Cbc
- Gesellschaft
- Baden
- Nassau
- Trench
- Singularity
- Breech
- Surrender
- Hanover
- Diary
- Friedrich
- Highlands
- Hollow
- Lafayette
- Allocation
- Paradigm
- Equilibrium
- Gloucester
- Rn
- Winery
- Saxon
- Dynamics
- Bavaria
- Adjutant
- Pest
- Dutch
- Runway
- Tapestry
- Ri
- Weimar
- Cloth
- Regular
- Zero
- Foothill
- Hr
- Curve
- Surf
- Assignment
- Airfield
- Elector
- Index
- Highland
- Algebra
- Bag
- Problem
- Concession
- Prussia
- Greene
- Cl
- Christmas
- Johannes
Adjective
Wiktionary
HESSIAN, adjective. Of, from or relating to Hesse in Germany.
HESSIAN, adjective. Of or relating to the German mathematician Otto Hesse (1811–1874).
HESSIAN, noun. A native or inhabitant of Hesse.
HESSIAN, noun. (historical) A mercenary soldier, especially a German one who fought with the British in the American Revolutionary War.
HESSIAN, noun. A boot with a low heel and semi-pointed toe, which became popular, initially among the military, in the 18th century.
HESSIAN, noun. (chiefly British) Burlap, jute.
HESSIAN, noun. (mathematics) Hessian matrix
HESSIAN CRUCIBLE, noun. A ceramic crucible used in alchemy and early metallurgy.
HESSIAN CRUCIBLES, noun. Plural of Hessian crucible
HESSIAN MATRICES, noun. Plural of Hessian matrix
HESSIAN MATRIX, noun. (math) A square matrix of second-order partial derivatives of a scalar-valued function, or scalar field. It describes the local curvature of a function of many variables.
HESSIAN MATRIXES, noun. Plural of Hessian matrix
Dictionary definition
HESSIAN, noun. (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot.
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