differential equation

English

Etymology

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

Noun

differential equation (plural differential equations)

Examples

  1. (calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function.

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