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Differential   /dˌɪfərˈɛnʃəl/  /dˌɪfərˈɛntʃəl/   Listen
Differential

adjective
1.
Relating to or showing a difference.
2.
Involving or containing one or more derivatives.
noun
1.
The result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx.  Synonyms: derivative, derived function, differential coefficient, first derivative.
2.
A quality that differentiates between similar things.
3.
A bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves.  Synonym: differential gear.



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"Differential" Quotes from Famous Books



... the imposition of a differential duty of 50 cents per ton upon Spanish vessels entering ports ...
— Messages and Papers of Rutherford B. Hayes - A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents • James D. Richardson
... young De Saussure, grandson of the naturalist of that name, who, the first with a single exception, reached the summit of Mont Blanc. The subject of our lecture was some puzzling proposition in the differential calculus, and De Saussure propounded to the professor a knotty difficulty in connection with it. The professor replied unsatisfactorily. My friend still pressed his point, and the professor rejoined very learnedly and ingeniously, ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 • Various
... building up a sentiment favoring them before the lower-priced Barcelona variety. The Barcelona is a more vigorous tree and shells out of the husk 75% whereas the Du Chilly is but 40% self husking, but that will not offset the differential of five to ten cents per pound in favor of the ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting • Various
... nervously. He had never known her so queer before. Perhaps it was some literary allusion that he had not caught; but her face did not at that moment suggest literature. In the differential tones that one uses to an old and infirm person he said "Stephen Wonham isn't my ...
— The Longest Journey • E. M. Forster
... worn-out boxes, shaky foundations, and uneven tables, sometimes with the plates not half amalgamated, or coated with impurities, the whole concern superintended by a man who knows as little about the treatment of auriferous quartz by the amalgamating or any other processes as a dingo does of the differential calculus. Result: 3 dwt. to the ton in the retort, 30 dwt. in the tailings, and a payable ...
— Getting Gold • J. C. F. Johnson


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