Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common difference

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon d-if-fer-ence
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The constant added to each element of an arithmetic progression to obtain the next.

Example Sentences

"If the first term of an arithmetic sequence is 3 and the common difference is 13, then the fourth term is 42."

Inflected Forms

common differences (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

common ratio

Questions

What does common difference mean?: The constant added to each element of an arithmetic progression to obtain the next.

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