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English

pseudospectral

From pseudo- + spectral.

Formed from pseudo- + spectral

Ancient Greek ψεύδω ‘to lie’

Ancient Greek ψευδής ‘false, lying’

English pseudo-

Today it means

adj Describing a class of numerical analysis methods related to spectral methods

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