Meanings
Origin
- Latinaequatio differentialis
- Englishdifferential equation
First appears c. 1704 in the publications of Charles Hayes. Calque of Latin aequatio differentialis, which was coined by Leibniz in 1676.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian диференциално уравнение
- диференциално уравнение (diferencialno uravnenie)equation involving the derivatives of a function
Catalan equació diferencial
- equació diferencialequation involving the derivatives of a function
Chinese Mandarin 微分方程, 微分方程式
- 微分方程 (wéifēn fāngchéng)equation involving the derivatives of a function
- 微分方程式 (wéifēn fāngchéngshì)equation involving the derivatives of a function
Czech diferenciální rovnice
- diferenciální rovniceequation involving the derivatives of a function
Danish differentialligning
- differentialligningequation involving the derivatives of a function
Dutch differentiaalvergelijking
- differentiaalvergelijkingequation involving the derivatives of a function
Esperanto diferenciala ekvacio
- diferenciala ekvacioequation involving the derivatives of a function
Finnish differentiaaliyhtälö
- differentiaaliyhtälöequation involving the derivatives of a function
French équation différentielle
- équation différentielleequation involving the derivatives of a function
German Differentialgleichung
- Differentialgleichungequation involving the derivatives of a function
Hindi अवकल समीकरण
- अवकल समीकरण (avkal samīkraṇ)equation involving the derivatives of a function
Hungarian differenciálegyenlet
- differenciálegyenletequation involving the derivatives of a function
Italian equazione differenziale
- equazione differenzialeequation involving the derivatives of a function
Japanese 微分方程式
- 微分方程式 (bibun hōteishiki)equation involving the derivatives of a function
Latin aequātiō differentiālis
- aequātiō differentiālisequation involving the derivatives of a function
Malay persamaan terbitan
- persamaan terbitanequation involving the derivatives of a function
Norwegian Bokmål differensialligning, differensiallikning
- differensialligningequation involving the derivatives of a function
- differensiallikningequation involving the derivatives of a function
Polish równanie różniczkowe
- równanie różniczkoweequation involving the derivatives of a function
Portuguese equação diferencial
- equação diferencialequation involving the derivatives of a function
Romanian ecuație diferențială
- ecuație diferențialăequation involving the derivatives of a function
Russian дифференциа́льное уравне́ние
- дифференциа́льное уравне́ние (differenciálʹnoje uravnénije)equation involving the derivatives of a function
Spanish ecuación diferencial
- ecuación diferencialequation involving the derivatives of a function
Swedish differentialekvation
- differentialekvationequation involving the derivatives of a function
Tagalog tingiring tumbasan
- tingiring tumbasanequation involving the derivatives of a function
Thai สมการเชิงอนุพันธ์
- สมการเชิงอนุพันธ์equation involving the derivatives of a function
Turkish diferansiyel denklem
- diferansiyel denklemequation involving the derivatives of a function
Vietnamese phương trình vi phân
- phương trình vi phânequation involving the derivatives of a function
Cite this entry
APA
differential equation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/differential%20equation
MLA
“differential equation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/differential%20equation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “differential equation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/differential%20equation.
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