Pronunciation: m ə - ' klo ̇ r- ə n(z)-
Function: noun
Etymology: Colin Maclaurin † 1746 Scottish mathematician
Date: 1902
: a Taylor's series that is expanded about the reference point zero and that takes the form f ( x ) = f (0) + ( f ′ (0)/1!) x + ( f ˝ (0)/2!) x 2 + ⋯ + ( f [ n ] (0)/ n !) x n + ⋯ subject to the conditions holding for a Taylor's series ― called also Maclaurin's series