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Spatial vs Differential - What's the difference?

spatial | differential |

As adjectives the difference between spatial and differential

is that spatial is of or pertaining to space while differential is of, or relating to a difference.

As a noun differential is

the differential gear in an automobile etc.

spatial

English

Alternative forms

* spacial

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to space.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
  • , title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}

    See also

    * geospatial ----

    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