Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

difference equation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: dif-fer-ence e-qua-tion
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An equation involving an ordered sequence of real numbers (a_nₙ₌₁ ᪲) and some of its differences, where the first difference is defined as Δ(a_n)=a_n+1-a_n, and the kᵗʰ difference is defined recursively as Δᵏ(a_n)=Δᵏ⁻¹(a_n+1)-Δᵏ⁻¹(a_n),.

noun

more broadly, any recurrence relation

Inflected Forms

difference equations (plural)

Phrases

differential equation

Frequently Paired Words

differential equation

Questions

What does difference equation mean?: An equation involving an ordered sequence of real numbers (a_nₙ₌₁ ᪲) and some of its differences, where the first difference is defined as Δ(a_n)=a_n+1-a_n, and the kᵗʰ difference is defined recursively as Δᵏ(a_n)=Δᵏ⁻¹(a_n+1)-Δᵏ⁻¹(a_n),.

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