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differential
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from Medieval Latin differentialis , from Latin differentia (see difference ). Related: Differentially .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 of, or relating to a difference 2 dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive 3 having differences in speed or direction of motion 4 (context mathematics English) of, or relating to differentiation, or the differential calculus n. 1 the differential ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The term differential is used in calculus to refer to an infinitesimal (infinitely small) change in some varying quantity . For example, if x is a variable , then a change in the value of x is often denoted Δ x (pronounced delta x ). The differential d ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or showing a difference; "differential treatment" involving or containing one or more derivatives; "differential equation"
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES differential calculus differential gear COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN pay ▪ Furthermore, I don't think the pay differentials in Grades 4 and above properly reflect the job's responsibilities. ▪ At issue is a vast ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
differential \dif`fer*en"tial\, a. [Cf. F. diff['e]rentiel.] Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a difference; discriminating; special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate. For whom he produced differential ...
Usage examples of differential.
Springs, alembics, coils of copper tubing, buckled sheets of metal, gear systems both rack-and-pinion and epicyclic, pendulums, levers, cams, cranks, differentials, bearings, pulleys, assorted tools, and stone jars containing alkahest and corrosive substances crowded every horizontal surface.
Once there is established the differential between the pure, civilized European and the corrupt, barbarous Other, there is possible not only a civilizing process from disease to health, but also ineluctably the reverse process, from health to disease.
He had a guiding principle: nature seemed to like equations stated in covariant differential forms.
His blood chemistry and differential leucocyte count remained normal, and a series of nerve conduction studies indicated that his peripheral nerves were functioning properly.
He improved the differential calculus, solved the isoperimetrical problem and discovered the properties of the logarithmic spiral.
Stop having children until ontogenesis can be described by a set of differential equations?
Edwards had designed the special instrumentation for the Barracuda and the Bluefin that monitored the thermal variations in the water surrounding the submarine, giving the skipper a constant readout of temperature differentials.
The hydrothermal instrumentation in the two blisters on the sail keep us informed of the temperature differentials between the currents, and by sailing the Barracuda directly in the interface zone we are effectively shielded from detection.
I kept the Barracuda directly in the interface between two temperature differentials.
The ringing sets up something similar to a mental moire fringe interference pattern from which an experienced man can read the time differential with almost micrometer accuracy.
When a pilot returns from the manifold years older or younger than his lover, as Soli recently had, the differential aging-we call it crueltime-can destroy them.
I always thought of things like the subjunctive case and differential calculus and chemical symbols as totally useless.
The sunlight sets up a temperature differential - tiny, but enough to get superfluid helium pumping up through the roots.
If the differential and integral calculus or transfinite arithmetic had been invented in Greece in the fifth century B.
It is merely because a stepping-stone, here and there, is heedlessly left unsupplied in our road to the Differential Calculus, that this latter is not altogether as simple a thing as a sonnet by Mr.