partial differential equation

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   a differential equation involving a functions of more than one variable

   Broaderdifferential equation

Questions about partial differential equation

What does partial differential equation mean?

partial differential equation means "a differential equation involving a functions of more than one variable".

Is partial differential equation a common word?

partial differential equation 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.