Lebesgue measure

Etymology
Named after French mathematician.

Noun

 * 1)  A unique complete translation-invariant measure for the σ-algebra which contains all k-cells in a given Euclidean space, and which assigns a measure to each k-cell which is equal to that k-cell's volume (as defined in Euclidean geometry: i.e., the volume of the k-cell equals the product of the lengths of its sides).

Hypernyms

 * < < positive measure < measure

Translations

 * German: Lebesgue-Maß