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Definition of differential adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

differential

adjective

NAmE//ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃl//

[only before noun] (formal)

showing or depending on a difference; not equal the differential treatment of prisoners based on sex and social class differential rates of pay

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