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
“When he makes a mistake, how quickly can he recover? What’s his range in the open field? What’s the speed differential? All those things are things we’re looking through on just about everybody out there.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
The pressure differential between an expanding gas bubble and the water quickly creates a void, or hole, through which this gas bubble shoots rapidly upward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
“I know SquareHead314 is a whiz with differential equations. He...or she...can explain things in the simplest terms.”
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
