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Definition of Difform

Difform
Difform Dif"form`, a. [Cf. F. difforme, fr. L. dif- = dis- + forma form. Cf. Deform.] Irregular in form; -- opposed to uniform; anomalous; hence, unlike; dissimilar; as, to difform corolla, the parts of which do not correspond in size or proportion; difform leaves. The unequal refractions of difform rays. --Sir I. Newton.

Meaning of Difform from wikipedia

- Soto's expression uniform difform motion [uniformly accelerated motion] lies in the Oxford Calculators terms "uniform" and "difform" motion: "uniform motion"...
- represented by a line parallel to the longitude, and any other quality as difform. Uniformly varying qualities are represented by a straight line inclined...
- Medieval Geometry of Qualities and Motions; a treatise on the uniformity and difformity of intensities known as Tractatus de configurationibus qualitatum et motuum...
- proof of the mean speed theorem stating that "the latitude of a uniformly difform movement corresponds to the degree of the midpoint" and used this method...
- ISBN 978-0-09-460310-3. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1845). Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Difform-Falter. B. Fellowes. p. 397. Harris, John; Burlington, Richard Boyle Earl...
- Medieval Geometry of Qualities and Motions; a treatise on the uniformity and difformity of intensities known as Tractatus de configurationibus qualitatum et motuum...
- commentary on Aristotle's Physics published in 1545, after defining "uniform difform" motion (which is uniformly accelerated motion) – the word velocity was...
- May 2011. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1845). Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Difform- Falter. B. Fellowes. p. 397. Retrieved 7 May 2011. This attribution has...
- proof of the mean speed theorem stating that "the latitude of a uniformly difform movement corresponds to the degree of the midpoint" and used this method...