Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finite difference

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: finite d-if-fer-ence
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A difference between the value of a function evaluated at a number, and the value of the same function evaluated at a different number, a fixed distance from the first.

Inflected Forms

finite differences (plural)

Questions

What does finite difference mean?: A difference between the value of a function evaluated at a number, and the value of the same function evaluated at a different number, a fixed distance from the first.

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