💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Partial differential"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| partial | Existing as a part or portion; incomplete. |
| partial differential equationnoun | (calculus) A differential equation that involves the partial derivatives of a function of several variables. |
| differentialnoun | A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things. |
| elementnoun | (chemistry) Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus. |
| partial derivativenoun | (mathematics) A derivative with respect to one variable of a function of several variables with the other variables held constant. |
| particular integralnoun | (mathematics) Any solution to a differential equation. |
| subdifferentialnoun | (mathematics) subderivative |
| differential operatornoun | (mathematics, mathematical analysis) An operator defined as a function of the differentiation operator (the operator which maps functions to their derivatives). |
| differential calculusnoun | (calculus) The calculus that deals with instantaneous rates of change. |
| differential equationnoun | (calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function. |
| ordinary differential equationnoun | (calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function of only one independent variable. |
| codifferentialnoun | (differential geometry) the formal adjoint of the exterior derivative; a differential-geometric version of the divergence operator; the exterior derivative sandwiched between two Hodge star operators with some additional factor(s) that take(s) care of the sign; the Hermitian conjugate of the exterior derivative under the inner product for k-form fields over some manifold M: (α,β)=∫_Mα∧⋆β, so that (α,dβ)=(δα,β). |
| pseudodifferential operatornoun | (mathematics) An extension of the differential operator, used in the theory of partial differential equations and quantum field theory. |
| subdifferentiationnoun | (mathematics) The formation of a subderivative |
| differentiationnoun | The act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense). |
| finite differencenoun | A difference between the value of a function evaluated at a number, and the value of the same function evaluated at a different number, a fixed distance from the first. |
| differential formnoun | (differential geometry, tensor calculus, sometimes as "differential p-form") A completely antisymmetric tensor (of order p) that is defined on a Riemannian manifold; an expression, derived by applying a formalism to said tensor, that represents an integrand over the manifold. |
| infinitesimal calculusnoun | (calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered together as a single subject. |
| differintegralnoun | (mathematics, fractional calculus) Any type of mathematical operator which combines the properties of the fractional derivative and the fractional integral. |
| delay differential equationnoun | (calculus) a type of differential equation in which the derivative of the unknown function at a certain time is given in terms of the values of the function at previous times |
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