DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does differential equation mean? 

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

1. an equation containing differentials of a function

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION (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)