天壤之别 天壤之別 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / a world of difference / a far cry (from) syn 差 chā difference / discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little / somewhat / slightly syn 没有差别 沒有差別 méi yǒu chā bié there is no difference / it makes no difference 有限群 yǒu xiàn qún finite group (math.) 分歧 fēn qí divergent / difference (of opinion, position) / disagreement / (math.) bifurcation syn 差分 chā fēn (math.) increment / difference / (engineering) differential 差分方程 chā fēn fāng chéng difference equation (math.) 有限 yǒu xiàn limited / finite syn 有限元 yǒu xiàn yuán finite element (method) 有限元法 yǒu xiàn yuán fǎ finite element method 有限单元 有限單元 yǒu xiàn dān yuán finite element (method) 有限集 yǒu xiàn jí finite set 有穷 有窮 yǒu qióng exhaustible / limited / finite 次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) 参量 參量 cān liàng parameter (math) / quantity used as a parameter / modulus (math.) 偏微分 piān wēi fēn (math.) partial differential / (math.) partial derivative 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 区别 區別 qū bié difference / to distinguish / to discriminate / to make a distinction / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 差异 差異 chā yì difference / discrepancy syn 差别 差別 chā bié difference / distinction / disparity syn 异样 異樣 yì yàng difference / peculiar syn 较差 較差 jiào chā range (the difference between the lowest and highest values) 误差 誤差 wù chā difference / error / inaccuracy 差价 差價 chā jià difference in price 差额 差額 chā é balance (financial) / discrepancy (in a sum or quota) / difference 分毫 fēn háo fraction / slightest difference / hairsbreadth syn 温差 溫差 wēn chā difference in temperature 价差 價差 jià chā price difference 时差 時差 shí chā time difference / time lag / jet lag 差异性 差異性 chā yì xìng difference 公差 gōng chā tolerance (allowed error) / common difference (of an arithmetic series) syn 十万八千里 十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) syn 分说 分說 fēn shuō to explain (the difference) syn 等差 děng chā degree of disparity / equal difference syn 忘年交 wàng nián jiāo friends despite the difference in age syn 歧异 歧異 qí yì difference / discrepancy syn 相位差 xiàng wèi chā phase difference 爱憎分明 愛憎分明 ài zēng fēn míng to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates / to have well-defined likes and dislikes syn 分毫之差 fēn háo zhī chā hairsbreadth difference 分至点 分至點 fēn zhì diǎn common word for equinox and solstice / point of difference / point of divergence 汇差 匯差 huì chā difference in exchange rates in different regions 反正一样 反正一樣 fǎn zhèng yī yàng whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference / six of one and half a dozen of the other / as broad as it is long 均差 jūn chā (numerical analysis) divided differences / (statistics) mean absolute difference 天地悬隔 天地懸隔 tiān dì xuán gé lit. a gulf between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. wide difference of opinion 差之毫厘，失之千里 差之毫釐，失之千里 chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile 差之毫厘，谬以千里 差之毫釐，謬以千里 chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile 差数 差數 chā shù difference (the result of subtraction) syn 几希 幾希 jī xī not much / very little (e.g. difference) 相差不多 xiāng chà bu duō not much difference 转变为氘 diversion into operator-inspector difference / diversion into D 运营者-视察员差额 operator-inspector difference 汇兑差额 匯兌差額 exchange difference 归一化差异植被指数 歸一化差異植被指數 normalized difference vegetation index 性别差异 性別差異 gender difference 二致 èr zhì difference (usu. follows 無|无[wu2] as in 毫無二致|毫无二致[hao2wu2-er4zhi4] or 別無二致|别无二致[bie2wu2-er4zhi4]) 别无二致 別無二致 bié wú - èr zhì (idiom) without the slightest difference 毫无二致 毫無二致 háo wú - èr zhì (idiom) without the slightest difference syn 云泥之别 雲泥之別 yún ní zhī bié (idiom) a world of difference 一次 yī cì first / first time / once / (math.) linear (of degree one) 空间 空間 kōng jiān space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space syn 数量 數量 shù liàng amount / quantity (CL:個|个[ge4]) / quantitative / (math.) scalar quantity syn 组合 組合 zǔ hé to assemble / to combine / to compose / combination / association / set / compilation / (math.) combinatorial syn 指数 指數 zhǐ shù (numerical, statistical) index / (math.) exponent / index / exponential (function, growth) 内心 內心 nèi xīn heart / innermost being / (math.) incenter syn 交换 交換 jiāo huàn to exchange / to swap / to switch (telecom) / commutative (math) / to commute syn 元素 yuán sù element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) syn 联络 聯絡 lián luò to get in touch with / to contact / to stay in contact (with) / liaison / (math.) connection syn 函数 函數 hán shù function (math.) syn 传递 傳遞 chuán dì to transmit / to pass on to sb else / (math.) transitive syn 不变 不變 bù biàn constant / unvarying / (math.) invariant syn 分子 fēn zǐ molecule / (math) numerator of a fraction syn 解析 jiě xī to analyze / to resolve / (math.) analysis / analytic syn 多元 duō yuán poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.) syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 集合 jí hé to gather / to assemble / (math.) set syn 三次 sān cì third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) 排列 pái liè to arrange in order / (math.) permutation syn 二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two) 变量 變量 biàn liàng variable (math.) 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 详解 詳解 xiáng jiě to explain in detail / detailed answer / full solution (to a math problem) 命题 命題 mìng tí proposition (logic, math.) / to assign an essay topic 区间 區間 qū jiān delimited area / defined section of a train or bus route / numerical range / (math.) interval syn 概率 gài lǜ probability (math.) syn 因子 yīn zǐ factor / (genetic) trait / (math.) factor / divisor syn 猜想 cāi xiǎng to guess / to conjecture / to suppose / (math.) hypothesis syn 有理 yǒu lǐ reasonable / justified / right / (math.) rational syn 三项 三項 sān xiàng three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能) 一元 yī yuán (math.) single-variable / univariate 多变 多變 duō biàn fickle / (math.) multivariate syn 收敛 收斂 shōu liǎn to dwindle / to vanish / to make vanish / to exercise restraint / to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge syn 映射 yìng shè to shine on / (math., linguistics etc) mapping syn 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 置换 置換 zhì huàn to permute / permutation (math.) / to displace / displacement / to replace / replacement syn 倒数 倒數 dào shù inverse number / reciprocal (math.) 机率 機率 jī lǜ (Tw) (math.) probability 表达式 表達式 biǎo dá shì expression (math.) 方程 fāng chéng (math.) equation 矩阵 矩陣 jǔ zhèn array / matrix (math.) 