Differential
(a.) Relating to or indicating a difference |
Differential
(a.) Of or pertaining to a differential, or to differentials. |
Differential
(a.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage |
Differential
(n.) An increment, usually an indefinitely small one, which is given to a variable quantity. |
Differential
(n.) A small difference in rates which competing railroad lines, in establishing a common tariff, allow one of their number to make, in order to get a fair share of the business. The lower rate is called a differential rate. Differentials are also sometimes granted to cities. |
Differential
(n.) 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. |
Differential
(n.) 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. |
Spring
(v. i.) To leap |
Spring
(v. i.) To issue with speed and violence |
Spring
(v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. |
Spring
(v. i.) To fly back |
Spring
(v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface |
Spring
(v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth |
Spring
(v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor |
Spring
(v. i.) To grow |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to spring up |
Spring
(v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly. |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to explode |
Spring
(v. t.) To crack or split |
Spring
(v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring |
Spring
(v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong |
Spring
(v. t.) To pass over by leaping |
Spring
(v. i.) A leap |
Spring
(v. i.) A flying back |
Spring
(v. i.) Elastic power or force. |
Spring
(v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force. |
Spring
(v. i.) Any source of supply |
Spring
(v. i.) Any active power |
Spring
(v. i.) That which springs, or is originated, from a source |
Spring
(v. i.) A race |
Spring
(v. i.) A youth |
Spring
(v. i.) A shoot |
Spring
(v. i.) That which causes one to spring |
Spring
(v. i.) The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow |
Spring
(v. i.) The time of growth and progress |
Spring
(v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely. |
Spring
(v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position |
leap
leaping
spring
saltation
bound
bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
| differential diagnosis | a systematic method of diagnosing a disorder (e.g., headache) that lacks unique symptoms or signs |
| differential blood count | counting the number of specific types of white blood cells found in cubic millimeter of blood, may be included as part of a complete blood count |
| spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
leopard frog
spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog
spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper
Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
| spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
| spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
| air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
| box spring | a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
coil spring
volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
| differential analyzer | an analog computer designed to solve differential equations |
differential gear
differential | a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds, used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves |
| leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
set gun
spring gun | a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off |
| spiral spring | a spring that is wound like a spiral |
| spring | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed, the spring was broken |
spring balance
spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
| spring mattress | a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame |
| differential | a quality that differentiates between similar things |
give
spring
springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
marginal cost
incremental cost
differential cost | the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output |
difference threshold
differential threshold
difference limen
differential limen | the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect |
differential calculus
method of fluxions | the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential |
derived function
derivative
differential coefficient
differential
first derivative | the result of mathematical differentiation, the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another, df(x)
dx |
| differential psychology | the branch of psychology that studies measurable differences between individuals |
| differential equation | an equation containing differentials of a function |
| partial differential equation | a differential equation involving a functions of more than one variable |
green onion
spring onion
scallion | a young onion before the bulb has enlarged, eaten in salads |
egg roll
spring roll | minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried |
| spring water | water from a spring |
| spring | a point at which water issues forth |
| Hot Springs National Park | a national park in Arkansas featuring ancient hot springs, bathing is said to have therapeutic effects |
| Hot Springs | a town in west central Arkansas, a health resort noted for thermal springs |
| Colorado Springs | a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains, popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy |
| Saratoga Springs | a town in eastern New York State famed for its spa and its horse racing |
| Rock Springs | a town of southwest Wyoming near the Utah border |
hot spring
thermal spring | a natural spring of water at a temperature ofF or above |
spring
fountain
outflow
outpouring
natural spring | a natural flow of ground water |
young person
youth
younker
spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
Carolina spring beauty
Claytonia caroliniana | similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers, eastern North America |
spring beauty
Clatonia lanceolata | small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm |
Virginia spring beauty
Claytonia virginica | small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers, eastern North America |
spring cress
Cardamine bulbosa | small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America |
winter heath
spring heath
Erica carnea | dwarf European shrub with very early blooming bell-shaped red flowers |
spring squill
Scilla verna
sea onion | European scilla with small blue or purple flowers |
spring vetchling
spring vetch Lathyrus vernus | bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers |
| spring vetch Vicia sativa | herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building |
cleavers
clivers
goose grass catchweed
spring cleavers
Galium aparine | annual having the stem beset with curved prickles, North America and Europe and Asia |