common difference

English

Noun

common difference (plural common differences)

1. (mathematics) The constant added to each element of an arithmetic progression to obtain the next.

   Coordinate term: common ratio

   If the first term of an arithmetic sequence is 3 and the common difference is 13, then the fourth term is 42.

Translations

constant in arithmetic progression

Chinese: Mandarin: 公差 (zh) (gōngchā) Finnish: erotusluku French: raison (fr) f Irish: comhbhreis f Romanian: diferență comună