differential analyzer

noun

1. an analog computer designed for solving certain differential equations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of differential analyzer¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

After the war, Johnny threw himself into developing new computers that used a fraction of the time required by the punch card machines or the differential analyzer.

From Scientific American

Trained as an electrical engineer, in the 1920s he had invented a machine known as a differential analyzer: an analog computer whose digital offspring would dominate the information age.

From Literature

Dr. Brinton found a crowd in the indoor test lab, chuckling over the line being drawn by a differential analyzer.

From Project Gutenberg