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Definición de differential en inglés:


Saltos de línea: dif¦fer|en|tial
Pronunciación: /ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃ(ə)l
chiefly • technical


  • 1Of, showing, or depending on a difference; varying according to circumstances or relevant factors: the differential achievements of boys and girls
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    distinctive, different, dissimilar, contrasting, divergent, disparate, contrastive; distinguishing, discriminating, discriminatory
  • 1.1Constituting a specific difference; distinctive: the differential features between benign and malignant tumours
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  • 1.2 Mathematics Relating to infinitesimal differences or to the derivatives of functions.
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  • 1.3Relating to a difference in a physical quantity: a differential amplifier
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    • A differential amplifier was used for signal amplification.


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  • 1A difference between amounts of things: the differential between petrol and diesel prices
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    • Certainly, the differential between the amount of American workers and Chinese workers will shrink.
  • 1.1British A difference in wages between industries or between categories of employees in the same industry: regional differentials in pay
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    • These include the recognition of regional wage differentials.
    • Factors of production do not move easily across national boundaries in response to wage price differentials.
    • And it is also true that wage differentials between the public and private sector pay have increased.
  • 1.2 Mathematics An infinitesimal difference between successive values of a variable.
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  • 1.3 (also differential gear) A gear allowing a vehicle’s driven wheels to revolve at different speeds in cornering.
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  • Different surface materials behave differentially in response to seismic shaking of various frequencies.
  • Indeed, punishments are handed out differentially on this basis all the time.
  • Even if migration ceased immediately, these regions would continue to grow differentially for some time to come.


mid 17th century: from medieval Latin differentialis, from Latin differentia 'difference' (see differentia).

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