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partial differential equation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A differential equation that involves the partial derivatives of a function of several variables.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

a differential equation involving a functions of more than one variable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: differential equation

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: ecuación en derivaes parciales — equation
  • Bulgarian: частно диференциално уравнение (častno diferencialno uravnenie) — equation
  • Catalan: equació diferencial en derivades parcials — equation
  • Chinese Cantonese: 偏微分方程 (pin1 mei4 fan1 fong1 cing4) — equation
  • Chinese: 偏微分方程 (pian-bî-hun-hong-thêng) — equation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏微分方程 (piān wēifēn fāngchéng, piān wéifēn fāngchéng) — equation
  • Esperanto: parta diferenciala ekvacio — equation
  • Finnish: osittaisdifferentiaaliyhtälö — equation
  • French: équation différentielle aux dérivées partielles — equation
  • French: équation aux dérivées partielles — equation
  • Galician: ecuación en derivadas parciais — equation
  • German: partielle Differentialgleichung — equation
  • Greek: μερική διαφορική εξίσωση (merikí diaforikí exísosi) — equation
  • Hungarian: parciális differenciálegyenlet — equation
  • Indonesian: persamaan diferensial parsial — equation
  • Italian: equazione differenziale alle derivate parziali — equation
  • Italian: equazione alle derivate parziali — equation
  • Japanese: 偏微分方程式 (henbibun hōteishiki) — equation
  • Korean: 편미분방정식 (pyeonmibunbangjeongsik) — equation
  • Latin: aequātiō differentiālis partiālis — equation
  • Malay: persamaan pembezaan separa — equation
  • Polish: równanie różniczkowe cząstkowe — equation
  • Portuguese: equação diferencial parcial — equation
  • Portuguese: equação de derivadas parciais — equation
  • Serbo-Croatian: parcijalna diferencijalna jednadžba — equation
  • Spanish: ecuación en derivadas parciales — equation
  • Spanish: ecuación diferencial parcial — equation
  • Swedish: partiell differentialekvation — equation
  • Tagalog: bahaging tingiring tumbasan — equation
  • Thai: สมการเชิงอนุพันธ์ย่อย — equation
  • Vietnamese: phương trình vi phân riêng phần — equation