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difference sets

difference sets is the plural of difference set.

Meaning of difference set

Noun

difference set (plural difference sets)

  1. A subset of a group such that any element of the group can be expressed as the difference (or the quotient) of two elements in such subset.

Questions about difference sets

What is difference sets the plural of?
Difference sets is the plural of difference set.

Words near difference sets in the dictionary

  1. difference of opinion
  2. difference of two squares
  3. difference quotient
  4. difference quotients
  5. difference set
  6. difference sets
  7. difference-maker
  8. difference-makers
  9. difference-making
  10. differenced
  11. differences

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