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"