variational
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Definition & Meaning of "variational"in English

variational
01

relating to methods or principles that involve finding the values of variables that optimize certain quantities, often by minimizing or maximizing functions

Examples
Calculus of variations deals with problems of finding functions that optimize certain functionals.
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