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<li class="css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5" value="6"><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6">a <span class="one-click" data-term="difference">difference</span> or <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="amount">amount</span> of <span class="one-click" data-term="difference">difference,</span> as in <span class="one-click" data-term="rate">rate,</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="cost">cost,</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="quantity">quantity,</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="degree">degree,</span> or <span class="one-click" data-term="quality">quality,</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="between">between</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="things">things</span><span class="one-click" data-term="that">that</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="are">are</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="comparable">comparable.</span></span></li>
<li class="css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5" value="7"><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6"><span class="one-click" data-term="also">Also</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="called">called</span> <a class="luna-xref" href="https://dictionary.com/browse/differential-gear" data-linkid="nn1ov4">differential gear</a>. <span class="luna-labset"><span class="luna-label italic"><span class="one-click" data-term="machinery">Machinery</span></span></span>. </span><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6">an <span class="one-click" data-term="epicyclic">epicyclic</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="train">train</span> of <span class="one-click" data-term="gears">gears</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="designed">designed</span> to <span class="one-click" data-term="permit">permit</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="two">two</span> or <span class="one-click" data-term="more">more</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="shafts">shafts</span>to <span class="one-click" data-term="rotate">rotate</span> at <span class="one-click" data-term="different">different</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="speeds">speeds,</span> as a <span class="one-click" data-term="set">set</span> of <span class="one-click" data-term="gears">gears</span> in an <span class="one-click" data-term="automobile">automobile</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="permitting">permitting</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="rear">rear</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="wheels">wheels</span> to be <span class="one-click" data-term="driven">driven</span>at <span class="one-click" data-term="different">different</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="speeds">speeds</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="when">when</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="car">car</span> is <span class="one-click" data-term="turning">turning.</span></span></li>
<li class="css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5" value="8"><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6"><span class="luna-labset"><span class="luna-label italic"><span class="one-click" data-term="mathematics">Mathematics</span></span></span>.</span>
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<li><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6">a <span class="one-click" data-term="function">function</span> of <span class="one-click" data-term="two">two</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="variables">variables</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="that">that</span> is <span class="one-click" data-term="obtained">obtained</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="from">from</span> a <span class="one-click" data-term="given">given</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="function">function,</span> <span class="italic">y = f</span>(<span class="italic">x</span>), <span class="one-click" data-term="and">and</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="that">that</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="expresses">expresses</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span><span class="one-click" data-term="approximate">approximate</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="increment">increment</span> in <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="given">given</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="function">function</span> as <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="derivative">derivative</span> of <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="function">function</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="times">times</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="increment">increment</span> in<span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="independent">independent</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="variable">variable,</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="written">written</span> as <span class="italic">dy = f′</span>(<span class="italic">x</span>)<span class="italic">dx.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6"><span class="one-click" data-term="any">any</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="generalization">generalization</span> of <span class="one-click" data-term="this">this</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="function">function</span> to <span class="one-click" data-term="higher">higher</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="dimensions">dimensions.</span></span></li>
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<li class="css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5" value="9"><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6"><span class="luna-labset"><span class="luna-label italic"><span class="one-click" data-term="commerce">Commerce</span></span></span>.</span>
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<li><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6"><span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="difference">difference</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="involved">involved</span> in a <a class="luna-xref" href="https://dictionary.com/browse/differential-rate" data-linkid="nn1ov4">differential rate</a>.</span></li>
<li><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6"><span class="one-click" data-term="differential">differential</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="rate">rate.</span></span></li>
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<li class="css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5" value="10"><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6"><span class="luna-labset"><span class="luna-label italic"><span class="one-click" data-term="physics">Physics</span></span></span>. </span><span class="css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6"><span class="one-click" data-term="the">the</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="quantitative">quantitative</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="difference">difference</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="between">between</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="two">two</span> or <span class="one-click" data-term="more">more</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="forces">forces,</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="motions">motions,</span> <span class="one-click" data-term="etc">etc.</span></span></li>
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