First Known Use: 1942
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Laplace transform
noun La·place transform \lə-ˈpläs-, -ˈplas-\
Definition of LAPLACE TRANSFORM
: a transformation of a function f(x) into the function 
that is useful especially in reducing the solution of an ordinary linear differential equation with constant coefficients to the solution of a polynomial equation
that is useful especially in reducing the solution of an ordinary linear differential equation with constant coefficients to the solution of a polynomial equation ADVERTISEMENT
Origin of LAPLACE TRANSFORM
Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace
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