differencing

/ˈdɪfərənsɪŋ/
noun
  1. The process of finding or calculating the difference between things, especially in mathematics or statistics.
    • In image processing, differencing highlights changes between two photographs.
    • Differencing the time series helped remove trends and reveal seasonal patterns.
    • The software performs automatic differencing between two versions of the document.
adjective
  1. That makes or shows a difference; distinguishing.
    • The differencing technique in the experiment allowed scientists to isolate the variable.
    • A differencing approach was used to compare the two sets of survey results.
    • The differencing algorithm identified which pixels had changed in the video frame.
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