"Maclaurin polynomial" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Maclaurin polynomials [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Maclaurin polynomial (plural Maclaurin polynomials)
  1. (mathematics) A truncated Maclaurin series; the sum of the first n terms of a Maclaurin series. Wikipedia link: Maclaurin series Related terms: Maclaurin series Translations (truncated Maclaurin series): polinomio de Maclaurin [masculine] (Asturian), polinomi de Maclaurin [masculine] (Catalan), Maclaurinpolynomium (Danish), polynôme de Maclaurin [masculine] (French), polinomio de Maclaurin [masculine] (Galician), polinomio di Maclaurin [masculine] (Italian), polinômio de Maclaurin [masculine] (Portuguese), polinomio de Maclaurin [masculine] (Spanish)

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