common difference

noun

, Mathematics.

1. the difference between any two consecutive terms in an arithmetic progression.

Word History and Origins

Origin of common difference¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Pg 163First, it will be found that squares that are diametrically opposite have a common difference.

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Therefore all I need do is to give the initial domino for all the twenty-three ways, and state the common difference.

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If you are given the common difference and the first domino is played, you have no option as to the other dominoes.

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Readers should now try to solve the case where the common difference is 23.

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