(medicine) The process of determining which disease, from a set of possible candidates, is causing a patient's symptoms.

a thermal analysis technique in which a tiny sample pan is heated together with an empty reference pan and the difference in heat flow between the two measured as a function of temperature.

(calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function of only one independent variable.

(mechanics) A type of differential that allows its output shafts to rotate at different speeds but can limit the maximum difference in angular velocity between the output shafts, allowing greater torque to be applied to the slower-spinning shaft(s) and generally resulting in better traction than older-design differentials.

(mathematics) In a differentiable manner

plural of differential operator

(mathematics, mathematical analysis) An operator defined as a function of the differentiation operator (the operator which maps functions to their derivatives).

(mathematics) The equation that defines the Legendre polynomials: d/dx[(1-x²)d/dxP_n(x)]+n(n+1)P_n(x)=0.

A branch of psychology focusing on how and why individuals differ in their behaviour.

plural of differential geometry