1. Hydrodynamics. See Bernoulli's theorem (def. 2).
2. Also called Bernoulli's differential equation . Math. a differential equation of the form dy + f ( x ) y = g ( x ) y n , where n is any number other than 0 or 1.
[ 1915-20; (in def. 1) named after Daniel BERNOULLI; (in def. 2) named after Jakob BERNOULLI ]