ALL meanings of differentially
dif·fer·en·tial
D d - noun differentially In a differential manner. 1
- adjective differentially of or relating to difference or diversity. 1
- adjective differentially constituting a difference; distinguishing; distinctive: a differential feature. 1
- adjective differentially exhibiting or depending upon a difference or distinction. 1
- adjective differentially Physics, Machinery. pertaining to or involving the difference of two or more motions, forces, etc. 1
- adjective differentially Mathematics. pertaining to or involving a derivative or derivatives. 1
- noun differentially a difference or the amount of difference, as in rate, cost, quantity, degree, or quality, between things that are comparable. 1
- noun differentially Also called differential gear. Machinery. an epicyclic train of gears designed to permit two or more shafts to rotate at different speeds, as a set of gears in an automobile permitting the rear wheels to be driven at different speeds when the car is turning. 1
- noun differentially Mathematics. a function of two variables that is obtained from a given function, y = f (x), and that expresses the approximate increment in the given function as the derivative of the function times the increment in the independent variable, written as dy = f′ (x) dx. any generalization of this function to higher dimensions. 1
- noun differentially Commerce. the difference involved in a differential rate. differential rate. 1
- noun differentially Physics. the quantitative difference between two or more forces, motions, etc.: a pressure differential. 1
- adverb differentially (mathematics) With regard to differentiation. 0