differentiation
dif·fe·ren·tiation
noun
a discrimination between things as different and distinct
- “it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation”
the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
(biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
- “cell differentiation in the developing embryo”
Origin
From differentiate + -ion, from different + -iate, from differ + -ent, from Middle English differen, from Old French differer, from Latin differō (“carry apart, put off, defer; differ”), from dis- (“apart”) + ferō (“carry, bear”); cognate with Ancient Greek διαφέρω (diaphérō, “to differ”).
Phrases
- automatic differentiation
- cellular differentiation
- cluster of differentiation
- differentiation syndrome
- evolutionary differentiation
- planetary differentiation
- product differentiation
- semantic differentiation
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