differential equation

English

Etymology

Early 18th century. Calque of Latin aequatio differentialis, which was coined by Leibniz in 1676.

Noun

differential equation (plural differential equations)

Examples
${\frac {dP}{dt}}=kP+1000$

1. (calculus) an equation involving the derivatives of a function

Derived terms

Derived terms

• DE
• delay differential equation
• diff EQ

• ordinary differential equation (ODE)
• partial differential equation (PDE)
• stochastic differential equation

Translations

equation involving the derivatives of a function

• Catalan: equació diferencial f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 微分方程 (zh) (wéifēn fāngchéng), 微分方程式 (zh) (wéifēn fāngchéngshì)

• Czech: diferenciální rovnice f
• Danish: differentialligning c
• Dutch: differentiaalvergelijking (nl)
• Finnish: differentiaaliyhtälö (fi)
• French: équation différentielle (fr) f
• German: Differentialgleichung (de) f
• Hungarian: differenciálegyenlet (hu)
• Italian: equazione differenziale f
• Japanese: 微分方程式 (ja) (bibun hōteishiki)
• Latin: aequātiō differentiālis f
• Macedonian: диференција́лна ра́венка f (diferencijálna rávenka)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: differensialligning f or m, differensiallikning f or m

  Nynorsk: differensiallikning f

• Polish: równanie różniczkowe n
• Portuguese: equação diferencial f
• Romanian: ecuație diferențială (ro) f
• Russian: дифференциа́льное уравне́ние n (differenciálʹnoje uravnénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: diferencijalna jednadžba f, диференцијална једнаџба f
• Spanish: ecuación diferencial f
• Swedish: differentialekvation (sv) c
• Tagalog: tingiring tumbasan
• Thai: สมการเชิงอนุพันธ์
• Turkish: diferansiyel denklem (tr)
• Vietnamese: phương trình vi phân