mollifier

English - Turkish

Definition of mollifier in English Turkish dictionary

Related Terms

mollify

teskin

mollify

dindirmek

mollify

yatıştırmak

mollify

sakinleştirmek

mollify

yumuşat

mollify

{f} yumuşatmak

mollify

{f} gönlünü almak

English - English

Definition of mollifier in English English dictionary

An "approximation to the identity", a smooth function with special properties, used in distribution theory to create sequences of smooth functions approximating nonsmooth (generalized) functions, via convolution

{n} what softens, mitigates or pacifies

One who, or that which, mollifies

{i} something that calms or eases, something which pacifies

Related Terms

mollify

To appease, pacify, gain the good will of

The angry goat was quite mollified by the respectful tone in which he was addressed.

mollify

to soothe

mollify

{v} to soften, assuage, appease, quiet

mollify

To ease a burden; make less painful; to comfort

mollify

{f} calm, soften, pacify, relieve, assuage

mollify

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

mollify

make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

mollify

make less rigid or softer

mollify

To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground

mollify

To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm

mollify

To appease, gain the good will of

mollify

If you mollify someone, you do or say something to make them less upset or angry. The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups. = placate. to make someone feel less angry and upset about something = placate (mollifier, from mollificare, from mollis )

Hyphenation

mol·li·fi·er

Etymology

() mollify +‎ -er