differential
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"Our goal in collecting these and other biospecimens was to dig deeper into why there's this differential response," Sinha said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
What that means is that if one car is still deploying energy when another is recovering, there is a near-500bhp offset in engine power - and a consequent massive speed differential.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
But this is not a tournament that takes into account point differential.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
The pressure differential between an expanding gas bubble created by the exploding mine and the water quickly creates a void, or hole, through which the gas bubble shoots rapidly upward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
He occupied himself by inventing the differential and integral calculus, making fundamental discoveries on the nature of light and laying the foundation for the theory of universal gravitation.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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