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]:

     If you are asked to antidifferentiate a rational function, use Partial Fractions.