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differentiation

noun
/dɪf.əˌɹɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌdɪf.əˌɹɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/CA/dɪf.əˌɹen.ʃiˈæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia New Latin differentiō New Latin differentiātusbor. English differentiate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English differentiation 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”).

  1. derived from differō
  2. derived from differer
  3. inherited from differen

Definitions

  1. The act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense).

    • The level of kinesthetic differentiations was established for every individual by using device called kinesthesiometer which allows testing in aquatic environment

  2. The process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are…

    The process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are produced and acquire function, as when a seed develops the root and stem, and the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds.

  3. The evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.)…

    The evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.) becomes distinct from another, or acquires distinct features; the result of such a process: distinctness.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.

    2. The process of applying the derivative operator to a function

      The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.

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Derived

antidifferentiation, anti-differentiation, autodifferentiation, automatic differentiation, cellular differentiation, chemodifferentiation, chondrodifferentiation, cluster of differentiation, codifferentiation, cytodifferentiation, dedifferentiation, differentiational, differentiation syndrome, dysdifferentiation, enantiodifferentiation, erythrodifferentiation, evolutionary differentiation, histodifferentiation, indifferentiation, maldifferentiation, microdifferentiation, misdifferentiation, morphodifferentiation, multidifferentiation, myodifferentiation, neurodifferentiation, nondifferentiation, organodifferentiation, osteodifferentiation, overdifferentiation, planetary differentiation, postdifferentiation, predifferentiation, prodifferentiation, product differentiation, proto-differentiation, redifferentiation, retrodifferentiation, self-differentiation, semantic differentiation · +3 more

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