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differential calculus


differential calculus

noun

Definition of DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

: a branch of mathematics concerned chiefly with the study of the rate of change of functions with respect to their variables especially through the use of derivatives and differentials

First Known Use of DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

1702

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