Usually means: Approximation of derivatives using differences.
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  1. finite difference: Merriam-Webster
  2. finite difference: Wiktionary
  3. finite difference: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. finite difference: Dictionary.com
  5. Finite-difference, Finite difference: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. finite difference: Encyclopedia

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  1. Finite Difference: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. finite difference: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (finite difference)

noun:  A difference between the value of a function evaluated at a number, and the value of the same function evaluated at a different number, a fixed distance from the first.

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