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difference

[dif-er-uhns, dif-ruhns] / ˈdɪf ər əns, ˈdɪf rəns /




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The difference is that the quantum computer can process information that those electrons carry that would otherwise be lost.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Not only are the vast majority of young men within this range, the difference between being at the lower end or the higher end of this limit is largely meaningless.

From Slate Sep. 13, 2026

"It was amazing to see what a difference these little features are making."

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Perhaps the biggest difference is that it is more focused on climate issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

The huge difference between us was in my face every Friday evening, when I had Kanyen’kéha class, which she taught.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

There are critical differences between artificial and biological neural networks, but both are nonlinear distributed networks that learn to encode representations relevant to their goals and act on them.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Until the third evening of the third Test at Edgbaston, most of those differences seemed positive.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

There were differences of opinion, sometimes substantial ones, about what should be done.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

The pair were united by a shared concern for the rights of migrants and held each other in great esteem, despite cultural and religious differences.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

But somehow their differences don’t matter when they can unite in their shared hatred of Stu Papadopolis and his gang of evil trolls.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

When you are dead, and stand to me Not differenced, as now, But like again, will you be cold As when we lived, or how?

From Washington Post Jan. 27, 2016

If a second map of the exact same area is acquired when there is no snow, the two surfaces can be differenced to produce a snow depth map.

From Scientific American Apr. 10, 2012

"David is a point of differenced player and we are looking forward to him making an impact at the breakdown," the Australia forwards coach, Jim Williams, said.

From The Guardian Jul. 23, 2010

The echo of the Karstark sunburst was there for those who cared to look, but differenced to make the arms appropriate for House Thenn.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

He uses the analogy of the seed, showing that the future body is related to this; and differenced from this, as the plant is related to the seed, and yet different from it.

From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke

By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect. 

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2010

In the Royal Heraldry of our own times the Bordure is not used as a Royal Difference; but its use is retained in Scotland for differencing Shields of less exalted rank.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

An interesting example of early differencing is cited by Sir Harris Nicolas, in his ‘Roll of Carlaverok.’

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

Tenants or neighbours of the great feudal lords were wont to make their arms by differencing the lord’s shield or by bringing some charge of it into their own bearings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

The arms borne in the usual manner were often surrounded with a bordure to indicate bastardy; of this mode of differencing several examples are furnished in the arms of existing peers descended from royalty.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower




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