differential equation

noun

: an equation containing differentials or derivatives of functions compare partial differential equation

Examples of differential equation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Terence Tao, a renowned mathematician and leading authority on differential equations, excoriated what AI was doing to the field. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026

This particular difficult problem deals with differential equations, which express relationships between changing quantities. — Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026

Regardless of whether one studies cosmology, particle physics, medicine or chemical processes, one is always dealing with variable systems and thus with differential equations. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026

Steve Furber, a computer scientist emeritus at the University of Manchester, in England, says this builds on the Sandia team’s previous work implementing another method for solving differential equations, the Monte Carlo method, on neuromorphic hardware. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

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