nabla

Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל‎

nabla (plural nablas)

1. A Hebrew stringed instrument.
2. (mathematical analysis) The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.

• atled
• del

• Alban, Balan, Laban, Nabal, alban, banal, laban, nabal

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• Hyphenation: na‧bla

nabla c (plural nabla's)

1. (mathematical analysis) nabla, ∇

nabla

1. nabla (symbol and instrument)

• nablata

• alban

Borrowed from English nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla).

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.bla/, [ˈn̺äːbl̺ä]
• Rhymes: -abla
• Stress: nàbla
• Hyphenation: na‧bla

nabla m (invariable)

1. (mathematical analysis) nabla (the symbol ∇)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.bla/, [ˈna.bɫa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.bla/, [ˈnaː.bla]

From Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla).

nabla f (genitive nablae); first declension

1. A kind of lyre.

First declension.

• English: nabla

See the etymology of the main entry.

nabla

1. nominative plural of nablum
2. accusative plural of nablum
3. vocative plural of nablum

• nabla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nabla in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin