Differential
noun
The difference between two things, especially amounts or numbers.
There is a large differential between income levels in rural and urban areas.
Often appears as...
- price differential
- wage differential
noun
A device in a vehicle that splits the engine's torque two ways, allowing each output to spin at a different speed.
In a car, the differential helps to ensure smooth turning.
Often appears as...
- limited slip differential
- open differential
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Technical
adjective
Relating to or showing a difference.
Differential treatment will be given to those who fall under this special category.
Often appears as...
- differential rates
- differential analysis
noun
In mathematics, the differential is a change in a function related to changes in its argument.
The area under the curve can be calculated using differential calculus.
Often appears as...
- differential equation
- differential operator
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Academic
noun
The difference between two things, especially amounts or numbers.
There is a large differential between income levels in rural and urban areas.
Often appears as...
- price differential
- wage differential
noun
A device in a vehicle that splits the engine's torque two ways, allowing each output to spin at a different speed.
In a car, the differential helps to ensure smooth turning.
Often appears as...
- limited slip differential
- open differential
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Relating to or showing a difference.
Differential treatment will be given to those who fall under this special category.
Often appears as...
- differential rates
- differential analysis
noun
In mathematics, the differential is a change in a function related to changes in its argument.
The area under the curve can be calculated using differential calculus.
Often appears as...
- differential equation
- differential operator
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Context
Used to discuss disparities, especially in social or economic studies.
The government studied the income differential between two cities.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Can be neutral, not implying that one thing is better or worse than the other.
There's a differential in experience among the team members.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasizes Difference
Stresses the aspect of difference rather than the details of what is different.
Students discussed the cultural differential between their countries.
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Context
Used to discuss disparities, especially in social or economic studies.
The government studied the income differential between two cities.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Can be neutral, not implying that one thing is better or worse than the other.
There's a differential in experience among the team members.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasizes Difference
Stresses the aspect of difference rather than the details of what is different.
Students discussed the cultural differential between their countries.
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Context
Used to discuss disparities, especially in social or economic studies.
The government studied the income differential between two cities.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Can be neutral, not implying that one thing is better or worse than the other.
There's a differential in experience among the team members.
Pro Tip 3/3Emphasizes Difference
Stresses the aspect of difference rather than the details of what is different.
Students discussed the cultural differential between their countries.
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The astounding athletic...
to analyze these models and also to synthesize algorithms for controlling them. For example, that's how we can make the quad hover. We first captured the dynamics with a set of differential equations. We then manipulate these equations with the help of control theory to create algorithms that stabilize the quad.
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Football physics: The...
It also applies to golf balls, frisbees and baseballs. In every case, the same thing happens. The ball's spin creates a pressure differential in the surrounding air flow that curves it in the direction of the spin. And here's a question. Could you theoretically kick a ball hard enough
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Nathan Myhrvold: Cut...
One of our cooks lost his eyebrows that way. But hey, they grow back. In addition to cutaways, we also explain physics. This is Fourier's law of heat conduction. It's a partial differential equation. We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
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The freakonomics of...
to leave him indifferent between performing two tasks, one which is more unpleasant than the other. Compensating differential -- it's why we think garbagemen might be paid more than people who work in parks. The words of one of the members of the gang, I think, make this clear.
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Conrad Wolfram: Teaching...
And by the way, she was also very insistent on being able to change the color, an important feature for this demonstration. You can see that this is a very early step into limits and differential calculus and what happens when you take things to an extreme --
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The Secret of Compressed...
the high pressure inside equalizes with a lower pressure outside, producing a force as the air escapes. And whatever is containing the compressed air needs to have the material strength to withstand the pressure differential, otherwise, it will fail.
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James Rhee: The value of...
and pays a purchase price for a company that's more than the fair value of that company's net assets. So this unexplained differential is named goodwill. And with it, accountants actually can make balance sheets balance.
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How we can protect truth...
but they were accelerating the spread of true news at approximately the same rate. Which means bots are not responsible for the differential diffusion of truth and falsity online. We can't abdicate that responsibility,
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Let’s put the romance...
of the unknown where is the magic we are at risk of engineering the romance out of our lives romance which perhaps is the ultimate differential in a world of maximizers and optimizers we've been at a point of
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Stuart Brown: Play is...
to engage not in the work-play differential -- where you set aside time to play -- but where your life becomes infused minute by minute, hour by hour, with body,
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The astounding athletic...
to analyze these models and also to synthesize algorithms for controlling them. For example, that's how we can make the quad hover. We first captured the dynamics with a set of differential equations. We then manipulate these equations with the help of control theory to create algorithms that stabilize the quad.
Video examples
Football physics: The...
It also applies to golf balls, frisbees and baseballs. In every case, the same thing happens. The ball's spin creates a pressure differential in the surrounding air flow that curves it in the direction of the spin. And here's a question. Could you theoretically kick a ball hard enough
Video examples
Nathan Myhrvold: Cut...
One of our cooks lost his eyebrows that way. But hey, they grow back. In addition to cutaways, we also explain physics. This is Fourier's law of heat conduction. It's a partial differential equation. We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
Video examples
The freakonomics of...
to leave him indifferent between performing two tasks, one which is more unpleasant than the other. Compensating differential -- it's why we think garbagemen might be paid more than people who work in parks. The words of one of the members of the gang, I think, make this clear.
Video examples
Conrad Wolfram: Teaching...
And by the way, she was also very insistent on being able to change the color, an important feature for this demonstration. You can see that this is a very early step into limits and differential calculus and what happens when you take things to an extreme --
Video examples
The Secret of Compressed...
the high pressure inside equalizes with a lower pressure outside, producing a force as the air escapes. And whatever is containing the compressed air needs to have the material strength to withstand the pressure differential, otherwise, it will fail.
Video examples
James Rhee: The value of...
and pays a purchase price for a company that's more than the fair value of that company's net assets. So this unexplained differential is named goodwill. And with it, accountants actually can make balance sheets balance.
Video examples
How we can protect truth...
but they were accelerating the spread of true news at approximately the same rate. Which means bots are not responsible for the differential diffusion of truth and falsity online. We can't abdicate that responsibility,
Video examples
Let’s put the romance...
of the unknown where is the magic we are at risk of engineering the romance out of our lives romance which perhaps is the ultimate differential in a world of maximizers and optimizers we've been at a point of
Video examples
Stuart Brown: Play is...
to engage not in the work-play differential -- where you set aside time to play -- but where your life becomes infused minute by minute, hour by hour, with body,
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Terence Tao
Australian Mathematician
The standard high school curriculum traditionally has been focused towards physics and engineering. So calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra have always been the most emphasized, and for good reason - these are very important.
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Gilbert Newton Lewis
American Scientist
It must be admitted that science has its castes. The man whose chief apparatus is the differential equation looks down upon one who uses a galvanometer, and he in turn upon those who putter about with sticky and smelly things in test tubes.
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James A. Forbes
American Clergyman
Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in relation to people of color if they want to survive and even thrive.
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Leroy Hood
American Scientist
What you need to learn how to do is analyze situations and do differential diagnoses and understand the principle and the concepts rather than learn all the details, and medical school doesn't begin to do that.
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Kit Williams
Author
As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot.
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Joe Harris
American Athlete
To actually play a game, where you are in the World Cup, there is significance to it, the point differential matters, all these things kind of add up.
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Lev Vygotsky
Russian Psychologist
Love can reach the same level of talent, and even genius, as the discovery of differential calculus.
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George Gamow
Russian Physicist
When, in school, they were teaching algebra, I was studying differential equations at home.
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
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Alan Turing
English Mathematician
Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
Quote examples
Terence Tao
Australian Mathematician
The standard high school curriculum traditionally has been focused towards physics and engineering. So calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra have always been the most emphasized, and for good reason - these are very important.
Quote examples
Gilbert Newton Lewis
American Scientist
It must be admitted that science has its castes. The man whose chief apparatus is the differential equation looks down upon one who uses a galvanometer, and he in turn upon those who putter about with sticky and smelly things in test tubes.
Quote examples
James A. Forbes
American Clergyman
Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in relation to people of color if they want to survive and even thrive.
Quote examples
Leroy Hood
American Scientist
What you need to learn how to do is analyze situations and do differential diagnoses and understand the principle and the concepts rather than learn all the details, and medical school doesn't begin to do that.
Quote examples
Kit Williams
Author
As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot.
Quote examples
Joe Harris
American Athlete
To actually play a game, where you are in the World Cup, there is significance to it, the point differential matters, all these things kind of add up.
Quote examples
Lev Vygotsky
Russian Psychologist
Love can reach the same level of talent, and even genius, as the discovery of differential calculus.
Quote examples
George Gamow
Russian Physicist
When, in school, they were teaching algebra, I was studying differential equations at home.
Quote examples
Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
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Alan Turing
English Mathematician
Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.
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