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Equation vs Truncus - What's the difference?

equation | truncus |

As nouns the difference between equation and truncus

is that equation is equation (assertion) while truncus is (biology) the thorax of an insect.

equation

English

(wikipedia equation)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
  • (astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.

    • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * algebraic equation * Arrhenius equation * chemical equation * differential equation * Diophantine equation * Drake equation * integral equation * Kepler's equation * Lagrange's equations * linear equation * Navier-Stokes equation * parametric equation * partial differential equation * Pell's equation * personal equation * polynomial equation * quadratic equation * * Van der Waals equation * wave equation

    Related terms

    * equality * equational * identity * inequation * inequality

    truncus

    English

    Noun

    (trunci)
  • (biology) The thorax of an insect.
  • (geometry) A curve in the Cartesian plane consisting of all points (x'',''y'') satisfying an equation of the form f(x) = {a \over (x + b)^2} + c where ''a'', ''b'', and ''c are given constants.
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