antidifferentiate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from antidifferentiation, equivalent to anti- +‎ differentiate.

Pronunciation

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Verb

antidifferentiate (third-person singular simple present antidifferentiates, present participle antidifferentiating, simple past and past participle antidifferentiated)

  1. (mathematics, calculus) To find the antiderivative of a function.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Dave Rusin, “How to antidifferentiate”, in Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin‎[1], page 1:
      If you are asked to antidifferentiate a rational function, use Partial Fractions.
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