differential
adjective
/ɖɪf(ə)ˈrɛnʃ(ɪ)jəl/
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[dɪfəˈɹənʃəɫ]
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- Of or pertaining to a difference.
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differens
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- (mathematics) Of or pertaining to differentiation or the differential calculus.
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differential
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differential
noun
/ɖɪf(ə)ˈrɛnʃ(ɪ)jəl/
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[dɪfəˈɹənʃəɫ]
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- (calculus) A quantity representing an infinitesimal change in a variable, now only used as a heuristic aid except in nonstandard analysis but considered rigorous until the 20th century; a fluxion in Newtonian calculus, now usually written in Leibniz's notation as \operatorname{d}\!x.
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differential
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differentiate
verb
/dəf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪt/
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/dɪf.əˈɹen.ʃi.æɪt/
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/dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/
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/ɖɪf(ə)rənʃ(ɪ)ˈjeʈ/
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/ˌdɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/
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- (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
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derivera,
partialderivera
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- (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
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differentiera
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- To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
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skiljs åt,
särskilja
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differentiation
noun
/dəf.əˌɹen.ʃiˈæɪ.ʃən/
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/dɪf.əˌɹen.ʃiˈæɪ.ʃən/
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/dɪf.əˌɹɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
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/ˌdɪf.əˌɹɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
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- (mathematics, calculus) The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
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derivering,
differentiering
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- The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
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differentiering
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differentiable
adjective
/ˌdɪf.ə(ɹ)ˈɛn.ʃə.bəl/
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- (calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.
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deriverbar
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differentiability
noun
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- (calculus) The existence of the derivative.
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deriverbarhet
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