An electrochemical equation that relates the reduction potential of a half-cell (or the total voltage, i.e. the electromotive force, of the full cell) at any point in time to the standard electrode potential, temperature, activity, and reaction quotient of the underlying reactions and species used.

plural of Nernst equation

(chemistry) Either of two equations that describe each half of a redox reaction

plural of differential equation

(mathematics) A polynomial equation whose greatest exponent is 3.

(mathematics) A polynomial equation of the first degree (such as x = 2y - 7)

(number theory) A polynomial equation whose variables are only permitted to assume integer values.

plural of Diophantine equation

(calculus) a type of differential equation in which the derivative of the unknown function at a certain time is given in terms of the values of the function at previous times

(calculus) a type of differential equation in which one or more of the terms is a stochastic process resulting in a solution which is itself a stochastic process