Bernoulli noun. [bǝ:'nu:i, -'nu:li] M18.
[Name of a Swiss family: sense 1 from Jacques (1654-1705), sense 2 from Daniel (1700-82), mathematicians.]
1. a. Bernoulli numbers, Bernoulli series, Bernoulli's numbers, Bernoulli's series, a series of rational numbers arising in formulae for the sums of powers of integers. M18.
b. Bernoulli law, = law of large numbers s.v. LARGE adjective. M19.

2. Bernoulli's theorem, Bernoulli's principle, a statement of the inverse relation between pressure and the square of velocity in a steadily-moving incompressible fluid. M19.

■ Bernoullian adjective (esp. with ref. to Bernoulli numbers): L19.

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