plural of deflection difference

simple past tense and past participle of diff

a thermal analysis technique in which a tiny sample pan is heated together with an empty reference pan and the difference in heat flow between the two measured as a function of temperature.

(calculus) An equation involving the derivatives of a function of only one independent variable.

To differentiate similar things.

The difference between one measurement of time and another; the length of a time interval. / The difference in clock time between two or more different time zones.

(euphemistic, often humorous or pejoratively so except India) Disabled or handicapped.

(set phrase) A linguistic or conceptual distinction which is of no practical importance or which has no effect on meaning; a perceived difference where there is no actual difference.

(transitive) To cause diffraction / (intransitive) To undergo diffraction

(set theory) The set that contains all elements belonging to either of given two sets but not to the both; the relative complement of the intersection in the union of given two sets.