noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Used in technical or formal contexts to describe the numerical range or difference between two values, such as in statistics, economics, or engineering. Often appears as 較差が大きい or 較差がある.
The range of this data is larger than expected.
We need to narrow the gap between the two.
annual range; yearly range
diurnal temperature range; daily temperature range
Compound of 較 (compare) and 差 (difference). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is used in modern technical Japanese.