Dictionary Definition
differentiation
Noun
1 a discrimination between things as different
and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love
and infatuation" [syn: distinction]
2 the mathematical process of obtaining the
derivative of a function
3 (biology) the structural adaptation of some
body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the
developing embryo" [syn: specialization, specialisation]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Differentiation
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
differentiation (uncountable)- 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.
- The process of determining the derived function of a function.
Translations
act of differentiating
- Finnish: erilaistuminen, erilaistaminen, differentioituminen,differointi
- French: différentiation
- German: Unterscheidung
- Greek: διαφοροποίηση (diaforopiesi) , αντιδιαστολή (antidiastole)
- Hebrew: הבדלה (havdala)
- Italian: differenziazione
- Russian: разделение (razdelénije) ; разграничение (razgraničénije) ; дифференциация (differentsiátsija)
act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by
giving its different, or specific difference
- Finnish: erittely
- German: Unterscheidung
- Greek: διαφοροποίηση (diaforopiesi) , αντιδιαστολή (antidiastole)
- Japanese: 区別
- Russian: разграничение (razgraničénije)
gradual formation or production of organs or
parts by a process of evolution or development
- Finnish: erilaistuminen
- German: Differenzierung
- Japanese: 分化
- Russian: дифференцировка (differentsiróvka)
separation of magma
- Finnish: erkaantuminen
in analysis
- Finnish: derivoiminen
- French: différentiation
- German: Differentiation , Differenziation
- Greek: διαφοροποίηση (diaforopiesi)
- Italian: differenziazione
- Japanese: 微分
- Portuguese: diferenciação
- Russian: дифференцирование (differentsírovanije)
- Spanish: diferenciación
- Swedish: derivering , differentiering
Extensive Definition
Differentiation can mean the following:
- The act of finding the derivative in mathematics
- Differentiated instruction in education
- Cellular differentiation in biology
- Planetary differentiation in planetary science
- Inductive reasoning aptitude in psychology
- Igneous differentiation in geology
- Product differentiation in economics
- Differentiation (linguistics)
- Differentiation (sociology)
- Differentiation (ethnography), the invention of ostensible differences between cultures
differentiation in Czech: Diferenciace
differentiation in German: Differenzierung
differentiation in Esperanto: Derivaĵo
differentiation in French: Différenciation
differentiation in Croatian:
Diferencijacija
differentiation in Norwegian Nynorsk:
Differensiering
differentiation in Slovak: Diferenciácia
differentiation in Ukrainian:
Диференціювання
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
addition, alteration, analysis, anatomization, approximation, atomization, capriciousness, change, changeability, changeableness, characterization,
choppiness, contradistinction,
dappleness, definition, demarcation, denomination, denotation, description, designation, desynonymization,
deviation, difference, differencing, differentness, disclosure, discrimination, disequalization,
disjunction,
disorder, distinction, distinctiveness,
distinguishment,
divarication,
divergence, diversification,
division, egohood, equation, evolution, expression, extrapolation, fingering, hairsplitting, hint, human factor, identification, identity, inconsistency, inconstancy, indication, indicativeness, individualism, individuality, individualization,
individuation,
inequality, instability, integration, integrity, interpolation, inversion, involution, irregularity, jerkiness, manifestation, meaning, mercuriality, microscopic
distinction, modification, motleyness, multiplication, mutability, naming, nice distinction,
nominalism, nonconformism, nonconformity, nonstandardization,
nonuniformity,
notation, nuance, oneness, particularism, particularity, particularization,
personal equation, personal identity, personality, personalization,
personship, picking
out, pluralism,
pointing, pointing out,
pointing to, practice,
proportion, raggedness, reduction, segregation, selection, self-identity,
selfhood, selfness, separation, severalization, severance, shade of
difference, show, showing, signification, singularity, soul, specialization, specification, subtle
distinction, subtraction, suggestion, symptomaticness,
transformation,
trichoschistism,
unconformism,
unconformity,
unevenness, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unsteadiness, variability, variation, variegation, variety, variousness, versatility, wavering