difference : Idioms & Phrases
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Ascensional difference
(Astron.) , the difference between oblique and right ascension; used chiefly as expressing the difference between the time of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six hours from its meridian passage.
Webster 1913
difference limen
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noun the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect
difference limen; differential limen; differential threshold.
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difference of opinion
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noun a disagreement or argument about something important
difference; conflict; dispute.
- he had a dispute with his wife
- there were irreconcilable differences
- the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
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difference threshold
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noun the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect
difference limen; differential limen; differential threshold.
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just-noticeable difference
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noun (psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected
jnd.
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potential difference
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noun the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
electric potential; potential; voltage; potential drop.
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rank-difference correlation
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noun the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables
rank-difference correlation; rank-order correlation coefficient; rank-order correlation.
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rank-difference correlation coefficient
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noun the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables
rank-difference correlation; rank-order correlation coefficient; rank-order correlation.
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Tabular difference
(Math.) , the difference between two consecutive numbers in a table, sometimes printed in its proper place in the table.
Webster 1913
To make no difference
- to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference.
