late 14c., from Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultatem (nominative difficultas) "difficulty, distress, poverty," from difficilis "hard," from dis- "not, away from&quo [..]

trouble: an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking&qu [..]

shverikeyt

This dream signifies temporary embarrassment for business men of all classes, including soldiers and writers. But to extricate yourself from difficulties, foretells your prosperity. For a woman to dream of being in difficulties, denotes that she is threatened with ill health or enemies. For lovers, this is a dream of contrariety, denoting pleasant [..]

In the NAEP Questions Tool, item or question difficulty is a measure of student performance on a question. Multiple-choice or constructed-response questions scored either right or wrong are rated &quo [..]

(n) an effort that is inconvenient(n) a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result(n) a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's abilit [..]

impedimentum, difficultas

A property of a test item, usually represented by the proportion of a group that correctly answers the item, obtained from a specific group on a single occasion. It is also used in item response theory (IRT) models (the “b” parameter) to represent the probability that a group of test takers who have the same level of ability will answer the item co [..]

How challenging a task, action, or solution to reach a goal is. Games can be challenging in a variety of ways. Typically, we measure and discuss challenge in terms of objective skill using the DKART s [..]

A general term for the target number a character needs to roll to succeed at a task, as in “What’s the difficulty?”

Options for difficulty were originally 'beginner', 'normal', 'hard' and 'suicidal', but a 'hell on earth' difficulty was later added. Higher difficult [..]

In very general terms, the amount of effort required to mine a new block. With the launch of Homestead, the difficulty adjustment algorithm will change.

The state of being difficult, or hard to do. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal. ' [..]