次じ数すう

noun

degree; order

Mathematical term for the degree of a polynomial, the order of a differential equation, or the number of times an operation is applied.

• この多た項こう式しきの次じ数すうは3です。

  The degree of this polynomial is 3.

• 微び分ぶん方ほう程てい式しきの次じ数すうを求もとめる。

  Find the order of the differential equation.