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DIFFERENCE

Volume 4 · 55 words · 1778 Edition

in mathematics, is the remainder when one number or quantity is subtracted from another.

in logic. See LOGIC, no 20—24.

in heraldry, a term given to a certain figure added to coats of arms, serving to distinguish one family from another; and to show how distant younger branches are from the elder or principal branch.