Differentia vs Differential - What's the difference?
differentia | differential |
(semantics, logic) A distinguishing feature which marks something off from other members of the same family.
* 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 38:
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(taxonomy) An attribute that distinguishes a species from others of the same genus.
of, or relating to a difference
* Motley
dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive
having differences in speed or direction of motion
(mathematics) of, or relating to differentiation, or the differential calculus
the differential gear in an automobile etc
a qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things
(mathematics) an infinitesimal change in a variable, or the result of differentiation
One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other.
A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all.
As a verb differentia
is .As an adjective differential is
of, or relating to a difference.As a noun differential is
the differential gear in an automobile etc.differentia
English
(Genus-differentia definition)Noun
(differentiae)- That character, it seems to me, should be regarded as the practically important differentia of religion for our purpose.
See also
* criterion * definiendum ----differential
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- differential characteristics
- For whom he produced differential favours.
Noun
(en noun)- (Knight)
