differential
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
differential (comparative more differential, superlative most differential)
- of, or relating to a difference
- differential characteristics
- 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History, Volume 1:
- [Caspar Schetz, Baron of Grobbendonck] was regularly in the pay of Sir Thomas Gresham, to whom he produced differential favours, and by whose government he was rewarded by gold chains and presents of hard cash, bestowed as secretly as the equivalent was conveyed adroitly.
- dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive
- having differences in speed or direction of motion
- (mathematics) of, or relating to differentiation, or the differential calculus
Translations
relating to a difference
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dependent on
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having differences in speed
relating to differentiation or differential calculus
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Noun
differential (plural differentials)
- the differential gear in an automobile etc
- a qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things
- (mathematics) an infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation
- One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
- A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
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Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
differential gear — see differential gear
difference between similar or comparable things
infinitesimal change
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Related terms
Related terms
Swedish
Noun
differential c
- (mechanics) a differential gear
- (mathematics) an infinitesimal change
- (mathematics) the differential operator
Declension
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | differential | differentialen | differentialer | differentialerna |
Genitive | differentials | differentialens | differentialers | differentialernas |