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Equation 12 · Part 1 · The Machine Before Electronics

Symbol x

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What this part means

the integral of y with respect to.

Its job in the formula

x is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

Where the article explains it

which is to say, the integral of y with respect to x , produced continuously and without arithmetic.

The passage around this formula

which is to say, the integral of y with respect to x , produced continuously and without arithmetic.

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A variable is a named place for a value. Its letter is a local label: x can mean position in one formula and a data point in another.

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