"∇" meaning in Translingual

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Symbol

Forms: nabla [English, name, symbol]
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  1. (mathematics) nabla (del operator)
    Sense id: en-∇-mul-symbol-zxSm0LQQ Categories (other): Mathematics, Translingual terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Translingual terms with redundant script codes: 72 28 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (mathematics) the gradient differential operator
    Sense id: en-∇-mul-symbol-NdsfPt3a Categories (other): Mathematics, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ∇⋅, ∇×, ∇², 𝛁, 𝛻, 𝜵, 𝝯, 𝞩
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