DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does differential calculus mean? 

• DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS (noun)
  The noun DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS has 1 sense:

1. the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential

  Familiarity information: DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS (noun)

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Meaning:

The part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

differential calculus; method of fluxions

Hypernyms ("differential calculus" is a kind of...):

calculus; infinitesimal calculus (the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)