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difference engines

difference engines is the plural of difference engine.

Meaning of difference engine

Noun

difference engine (plural difference engines)

  1. (historical) A mechanical special-purpose computer used to generate tables of values of polynomials.

Questions about difference engines

What is difference engines the plural of?
Difference engines is the plural of difference engine.

Words near difference engines in the dictionary

  1. differ
  2. Differdange
  3. differed
  4. difference
  5. difference engine
  6. difference engines
  7. difference equation
  8. difference equations
  9. difference gate
  10. difference gates
  11. difference maker

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