Differential

Adjective

 * of, or relating to a difference
 * 1) dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive
 * 2) having differences in speed or direction of motion
 * 3)  of, or relating to differentiation, or the differential calculus

Noun

 * 1) the differential gear in an automobile etc
 * 2) a qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things
 * 3)  an infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation

Derived terms

 * differential amplifier
 * differential analyzer
 * differential coefficient
 * differential gear
 * differential equation
 * partial differential equation

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Adjective

 * Bulgarian: отличителен
 * Polish: różnicowy


 * Swedish: differens


 * Bulgarian: разграничителен


 * Bulgarian: диференциален
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * Hungarian: differenciál


 * Polish: różniczkowy
 * Swedish: differential
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * Finnish: ero


 * Bulgarian: диференциал
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew: דיפרנציאל


 * Hungarian: differenciál
 * Polish: różniczka
 * Swedish:

Related terms

 * differ
 * different
 * difference
 * differentiate
 * differentiation

Noun

 * 1)  a differential gear
 * 2)  an infinitesimal change
 * 3)  the differential operator