Hessian (disambiguation)

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The term Hessian refers to the inhabitants of the German state of Hesse. Hessian may also mean:

  • Hessian mercenaries from that part of Germany, especially in the American War of Independence
  • Hessian (protocol), a binary protocol for web services developed by Caucho Technology
  • Hessian (boot), knee-high tasseled boot worn by military officers in Victorian-era England
  • Hessian (social group), a social group
  • Hessian language
  • Hessian matrix, in mathematics, the matrix of all second partial derivatives of a function of several real variables
  • Hessian Fly, a significant cereal pest
  • Hesh, a skateboarding enthusiast
  • Burlap, also called "Hessian cloth"