noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: after James Stirling died 1770 Scottish mathematician
: a formula giving the approximate value of the factorial of any very large number
noun
Usage: usually capitalized S
Etymology: after James Stirling died 1770 Scottish mathematician
: a formula giving the approximate value of the factorial of any very large number
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012