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Differential vs Flatiron - What's the difference?

differential | flatiron |

As adjectives the difference between differential and flatiron

is that differential is of, or relating to a difference while flatiron is having a flatiron shape.

As nouns the difference between differential and flatiron

is that differential is the differential gear in an automobile etc while flatiron is a simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.

differential

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, or relating to a difference
    • differential characteristics
  • * Motley
    • For whom he produced differential favours.
  • 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

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • (Knight)

    Derived terms

    * differential amplifier * differential analyzer * differential coefficient * differential gear * differential equation * partial differential equation

    Related terms

    * differ * different * difference * differentiate * differentiation ----

    flatiron

    English

    Alternative forms

    * flat iron

    Noun

    (wikipedia flatiron) (en noun)
  • A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove
  • (especially referring to the shape of a building) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
  • A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a flatiron shape
    • a flatiron building
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • The street down which Warwick had come intersected Front Street at a sharp angle in front of the old hotel, forming a sort of flatiron block at the junction, known as Liberty Point

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