differentiation
See also: Differentiation and différentiation
English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
differentiation (countable and uncountable, plural differentiations)
- The act of differentiating.
- The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.
- The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes.
- (geology) The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
- (calculus) The process of determining the derived function of a function.
Derived terms
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Translations
act of differentiating
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act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference
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gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development
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separation of magma
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in analysis
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See also
differentiation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
