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Differential

Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a difference; discriminating; special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate.

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Bevel gear 76% connected

A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cone…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Calculation 76% connected

The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Computation 76% connected

The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

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Difference 76% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Figuring 76% connected

of Figure

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Reckoning 76% connected

of Reckon

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Narrower term 2

Curvature 76% connected

The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direct…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Partial 76% connected

Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.

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Derivationally related 2

Difference 74% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Difference 74% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Pertains to 2

Difference 66% connected

The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quali…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivative 92% connected

Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivat…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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