differential coefficient

Questions about differential coefficient

What does differential coefficient mean?

differential coefficient means "the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx".

What is another word for differential coefficient?

Close synonyms include derived function, derivative, differential, first derivative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is differential coefficient a common word?

differential coefficient is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.