Meanings
adjectiveparadifferential (not comparable)
- not comparablemathematicsDescribing an extension of differential calculus that deals with nonlinear hyperbolic and similar functions.
We here give an overview of results that we can get by Fourier analysis and paradifferential calculus, for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations.
2015, Raphaël Danchin, “Fourier analysis methods for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations”, in arXiv
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pərai
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ- (pără-)
- Englishpara-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Italic*ferō
- Latinferō
- Latindifferō
- Latindifferēns
- Latindifferentia
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latindifferentiāli
- Englishdifferential
- Englishparadifferential
From para- + differential.
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APA
paradifferential. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradifferential
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“paradifferential.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradifferential. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paradifferential,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paradifferential.
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