difference
result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result
mass excess
difference between mass and mass number of a nuclide
variation
difference between values of a characteristic
parallax
difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight
spread
difference between prices quoted for buying and selling a financial security
tax wedge
Deviation from equilibrium price and quantity
economic profit
concept in economics
equation of time
apparent solar time minus mean solar time
Lamb shift
difference in energy of hydrogenic atom electron states not predicted by the Dirac equation
potential difference
difference between physical potentials at two points
economic loss
negative difference between revenues and costs
relative dimension
difference between two dimensions
agio
term used in commerce for exchange rate, discount or premium
contrast
difference in luminance and/or color that makes objects visually distinguishable
migration balance
difference between the number of immigrants and emigrants
product defect
product characteristic which hinders usability for its intended purpose for which it was designed and manufactured
Spectral gap (physics)
energy difference between ground and first excited states
standard enthalpy of reaction
enthalpy change that occurs in a system when matter is transformed by a given chemical reaction, when all reactants and products are in their standard states
discount points
financial measurement of pre-paid interest
Australia Tax
Phrase relating to higher cost of goods in Australia
variance
in accounting, the difference between a budgeted, planned, or standard cost and the actual amount
deviation
measure of difference between the observed value of a variable and some other value, often that variable's mean
yield spread
difference between the quoted rates of return on two different investments
tidal range
vertical difference between the high tide and the succeeding low tide
amount of change in physical quantity
the difference between the initial and final value of a physical quantity
vector subtraction
operation between Euclidean vectors