# differential equation

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An equation involving the derivatives of a function.

## Etymology
First appears c. 1704 in the publications of Charles Hayes. Calque of Latin aequatio differentialis, which was coined by Leibniz in 1676.

## Source
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