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partial differential equation
noun
, Mathematics.
- a differential equation containing partial derivatives.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of partial differential equation1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
An ordinary differential equation involves only one independent variable, a partial differential equation involves more than one.
From Project Gutenberg
We have thus two methods of solving the partial differential equation of the motion of a string.
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