differential equation

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differential equation

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First appears c. 1704 in the publications of Charles Hayes. Calque of Latin aequatio differentialis, which was coined by Leibniz in 1676.

noun differential equations

  1. An equation involving the derivatives of a function.

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noun equation involving the derivatives of a function

Españolecuación diferencial
日本語微分方程式 bibun hōteishiki
中文微分方程 wéifēn fāngchéng, 微分方程式 wéifēn fāngchéngshì
हिन्दीअवकल समीकरण avkal samīkraṇ
Portuguêsequação diferencial
Françaiséquation différentielle
DeutschDifferentialgleichung
Italianoequazione differenziale
Românăecuație diferențială
Русскийдифференциа́льное уравне́ние differenciálʹnoje uravnénije
Tiếng Việtphương trình vi phân

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@misc{differential_equation_2026,
  title = {differential equation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/differential%20equation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}