differential

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I looked under my 97 Town Car today to see how easy it would be for me to just do a muffler swap and saw that the bottom of my differential was all wet, so I guess there is a slow leak because there doesn't seem to be a bad enough leak to form a drop because my drive way is clean.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or showing a difference.
  2. adjective Constituting or making a difference; distinctive.
  3. adjective Dependent on or making use of a specific difference or distinction.
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  • Any place you see a differential, there're some interesting questions. —  Juan Enriquez wants to grow energy
  • A relay thus wound is known as a differential relay--more generally called a neutral relay The non-technical reader may wonder what use can possibly be made of an apparently non-operative piece of appara- tus. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • I looked under my 97 Town Car today to see how easy it would be for me to just do a muffler swap and saw that the bottom of my differential was all wet, so I guess there is a slow leak because there doesn't seem to be a bad enough leak to form a drop because my drive way is clean. —  Lincoln vs Cadillac
  • Also on the differential is a number of engager gears. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • They key difference seems to be he's not getting as much speed differential, which is a big deal. —  The LoHud Yankees Blog
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  1. = French différentiel = Spanish diferencial = Portuguese differencial = Italian differenziale, from New Latin differentialis (Leibnitz, 1676), from Latin differentia, difference: see difference, n.
 

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/dɪfəˈrɛnʃəl/
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