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Definition of differential adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

differential

adjective
 
/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃl/
 
/ˌdɪfəˈrenʃl/
[only before noun] (formal)
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  1. showing or depending on a difference; not equal
    • the differential treatment of prisoners based on sex and social class
    • differential rates of pay
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDifferential is used with these nouns:
    • equation
    • geometry
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin differentialis, from Latin differentia ‘difference’from different- ‘carrying away’, from the verb differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’.
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