

collocation
/ˌkɒ.lə.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/ /ˌkɔ.loʊ.ˈkeɪ.ʃən/


noun
A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.
![Visual illustration of collocation: A method of finding an approximate solution of an ordinary differential equation L[y]=0 by determining coefficients in an expansion y(x) = y_{0}(x) + \sum_{l=0}^{q}\alpha_{l} y_{l}(x) so as to make L[y] vanish at prescribed points; the expansion with the coefficients thus found is the sought approximation.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.bedict.com%2Fassets%2F396fc5bb-34ae-4e0a-bb3f-2404b236c31d%2Fcollocation_A_met.png%3Fwidth%3D800&w=3840&q=75)
noun
A method of finding an approximate solution of an ordinary differential equation L[y]=0 by determining coefficients in an expansion y(x) = y_{0}(x) + \sum_{l=0}^{q}\alpha_{l} y_{l}(x) so as to make L[y] vanish at prescribed points; the expansion with the coefficients thus found is the sought approximation.

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