Fluxionally

/flʌkˈʃɒnəli/ adverb

Definition

In a manner relating to fluxion; with regard to rates of change or flowing quantities.

Etymology

From 'fluxional' + adverb suffix '-ly'. A highly technical adverb used in mathematical and scientific writing of the 17th-19th centuries.

Kelly Says

When early calculus scholars wrote 'fluxionally speaking,' they were describing a completely new way of thinking about motion and change—it was mathematical poetry.

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