differential

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The differential gear in an automobile, etc.
  2. A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
  3. One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
  4. A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
  5. A quantity representing an infinitesimal change in a variable, now only used as a heuristic aid except in nonstandard analysis but considered rigorous until the 20th century; a fluxion in Newtonian calculus, now usually written in Leibniz's notation as operatorname d!x.
  6. A function giving the change in the linear approximation of f at a point x over a small interval Δx or operatorname d!x, the function being called the differential of f and denoted operatorname d!f(x,Δx), operatorname d!f(x), or simply operatorname d!f.
    — If f(x)#61;x², the differential of f is the function #92;operatorname#123;d#125;#92;#33;f(x,#92;Deltax)#61;f'(x)#92;Deltax#61;2x#92;Deltax.
  7. A function giving the change in the linear approximation of f at a point x over a small interval Δx or operatorname d!x, the function being called the differential of f and denoted operatorname d!f(x,Δx), operatorname d!f(x), or simply operatorname d!f.; Any of several generalizations of this concept to functions of several variables or to higher orders: the partial differential, total differential, Gateaux differential, etc.
  8. The Jacobian matrix of a function of several variables.
  9. The pushforward or total derivative of ϕ: a linear map from the tangent space at a point x in ϕ's domain to the tangent space at ϕ(x) which is, in a technical sense, the best linear approximation of ϕ at x; denoted operatorname d!ϕₓ.
  10. Any of several generalizations of the concept(s) above: e.g. the Kähler differential in the setting of schemes, the quadratic differential in the theory of Riemann surfaces, etc.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to a difference.
    — differential characteristics
  2. Dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive.
  3. Having differences in speed or direction of motion.
  4. Of or pertaining to differentiation or the differential calculus.

词形变化

more differential comparative most differential superlative differentials plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Italic *ferō
Latin ferō
Latin differō
Latin differēns
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin differentia
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin differentiālislbor.
English differential
Learned borrowing from Latin differentiālis. By surface analysis, different + -ial.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Italic *ferō
Latin ferō
Latin differō
Latin differēns
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin differentia
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin differentiālislbor.
English differential
Learned borrowing from Latin differentiālis. By surface analysis, different + -ial.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary