(mathematics, computing theory) The rule stating that a polynomial of degree n can be (optimally) evaluated with only n multiplications and n additions: a_0+a_1x+a_2x²+a_3x³+⋯+a_nxⁿ\=a_0+x bigg (a_1+x Big (a_2+x big (a_3+⋯+x(a_n-1+x,a_n)⋯ big ) Big ) bigg ).

plural of Simpson's rule

(BDSM) A rule at certain events requiring that one's behaviour and appearance be such that it would not shock one's grandmother.

Synonym of trapezoidal rule

Synonym of trapezoidal rule

(derogatory, chiefly historical) The control of an autonomous or independent Ireland by the Pope and the Catholic Church, as claimed by Protestant unionists.

(music) A rule that modifies a well-formed structure (in limited ways). / (grammar) A rule that takes an input and changes it in some restricted way to result in a surface structure.

(computing, of a computing language, or expert system) based on a series of simple "if then" rules

(law) The rule stating that an unborn child, if subsequently born alive, is considered as already in existence whenever it is to its own advantage.

(physics) Any of several general rules concerning the transitions between the states of a quantum mechanical system; they derive from the symmetry properties of the states and of their interactions