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differential calculus

noun

Definition of DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

:  a branch of mathematics concerned chiefly with the study of the rate of change of functions with respect to their variables especially through the use of derivatives and differentials
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First Known Use of DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

1702

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