noun
Meaning 1
A Hebrew stringed instrument.
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Standard Lemma guide
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noun
Meaning 2
The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.
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History
Etymology
From Latin nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla, “Phoenician harp”), from ancient Hebrew נֵבֶל (nḗḇel) or a Phoenician cognate. Doublet of nebel, which comes via the modern Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: nabla — instrument
- Finnish: nabla — instrument
- Hungarian: nével — instrument
- Polish: nabla — instrument
- Catalan: nabla — symbol
- Finnish: nabla — symbol
- German: Nabla — symbol
- Hungarian: nével — symbol
- Polish: nabla — symbol
- Portuguese: nabla — symbol
- Russian: набла (nabla) — symbol
- Spanish: nabla — symbol
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