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DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An equation containing differentials of a function
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("differential equation" is a kind of...):
equation (a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "differential equation"):
Maxwell's equations (four differential equations that summarize classical properties of electromagnetic fields)
partial differential equation (a differential equation involving a functions of more than one variable)
Schrodinger equation; Schrodinger wave equation (the fundamental equation of wave mechanics)
wave equation (a differential equation that describes the passage of harmonic waves through a medium)
