chiefly technical <主技>
attrib.
1- of, showing, or depending on a difference; differing or varying according to circumstances or relevant factors有差别的; 视差别而定的; 随环境（或相关因素）而变化的：
the differential achievements of boys and girls.
男孩和女孩所取得的不同成就。
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- constituting a specific difference; distinctive特别的; 区别性的：
the differential features between benign and malignant tumours.
良性和恶性肿瘤的区别性特征。
1.2
- Mathematics relating to infinitesimal differences or to the derivatives of functions【数】微分的。
1.3
- of or relating to a difference in a physical quantity差动的; 差速的; 差示的; 差分的：
a differential amplifier.
差分放大器。
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- a difference between amounts of things差额：
the differential between petrol and diesel prices.
汽油和柴油的价差。
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- Brit. a difference in wages between industries or between categories of employees in the same industry〈英〉（不同行业间或同行业不同类别的雇员间的）工资差：
regional differentials in pay.
地区性的酬薪差别。
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- Mathematics an infinitesimal difference between successive values of a variable【数】微分。
1.3
- （亦作 differential gear）a gear allowing a vehicle's driven wheels to revolve at different speeds in cornering差动齿轮, 差速器行星齿轮。
派生词
differentially
adverb词源
mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin differentialis, from Latin differentia 'difference' （see DIFFERENTIA）.