what does relaxation method mean?

RELAXATION METHOD as NOUN

Meaning
- a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
Synonym(s)
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Hypernyms(s) relaxation method is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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