differential

Adjective

• involving or containing one or more derivatives
  • differential equation
    

• relating to or showing a difference
  • differential treatment
    

Noun

• a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves

• a quality that differentiates between similar things

• the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  differential gear , derived function , derivative , differential coefficient , first derivative