differential
- Adjective. of, or relating to a difference.
- Adjective. dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive.
- Adjective. having differences in speed or direction of motion.
- Adjective. (mathematics) of, or relating to differentiation, or the differential calculus.
- Noun. the differential gear in an automobile etc.
- Noun. a qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
- Noun. (mathematics) an infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation.
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