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differentiation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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/dɪf.əˌɹɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˌdɪf.əˌɹɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
/dɪf.əˌɹen.ʃiˈæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
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/dəf.əˌɹen.ʃiˈæɪ.ʃən/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos 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”).

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense). ▸ The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
- The level of kinesthetic differentiations was established for every individual by using device called kinesthesiometer which allows testing in aquatic environment 2011, Zukow Walery, Skaliy Aleksander, Napierala Marek, State, prospects and development of rescue, physical culture and sports in the XXI century, →ISBN, page 63:
(countable, uncountable) The act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense). ▸ The process of developing distinct components.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, qualifier:evolution, uncountable) 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.
- Any hope that the pierines would help to define “the level at which r-K phenomena should be sought has been dashed: apparently species groups (or subgenera, or splitters' genera) are r- or K-selected in the holarctic, whereas in Tatochila the same amount of differentiation is found among populations in a complex in which the process of speciation has not yet been completed. 2012, Fritz Taylor, The Evolution of Insect Life Cycles, page 156:
(countable, uncountable) The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
(countable, uncountable) The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
- The integration and differentiation of vital function on the one hand, and the preparation and composition of food-material on the other hand form — as we will become fully aware further on — the two great divisions in the subject-matter of the science of organization, divisions corresponding to the fundamental biplicity of all advanced organization, its animal and its vegetative life. 1878, Edmund Montgomery, “Monera, and the problem of life”, in The Popular Science Monthly, volume XIII, page 680:

Forms

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Deriveds

differential · differentiate · different · differ · difference

Translations (89)

id turunan (in calculus) · fi erkaantuminen (separation of magma) · ro diferențiere (act of differentiating) · ru дифференциро́вка (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · bg разграничение (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · de Differenziation (in calculus) · fr différenciation (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · hy տարբերակում (act of differentiating) · hi विभेदीकरण (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · de Differenzierung (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · no differensiering (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · da differentiering (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · io diferencio (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · de Unterscheidung (act of differentiating) · pt diferenciação (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · bg диференциране (in calculus) · fa برفرودی (act of differentiating) · pl polaryzacja (act of differentiating) · it differenziazione (act of differentiating) · fi erilaistuminen (act of differentiating) · ru разделе́ние (act of differentiating) · ko 분화 (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · pl różniczkowanie (in calculus) · ru разграниче́ние (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · sv differentiering (in calculus) · fi derivointi (in calculus) · es derivación (in calculus) · hi विभेदीकरण (act of differentiating) · pl rozróżnienie (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · bg разграничаване (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · fi määrittely (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · ja 区別 (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · fi derivoiminen (in calculus) · fi differentiaatio (act of differentiating) · gd eadar-dhealachadh (act of differentiating) · hi विभेदन (separation of magma) · de Unterscheidung (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · el αντιδιαστολή (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · et eristamine (act of differentiating) · sv derivering (in calculus) · fr différentiation (act of differentiating) · et eristamine (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · hi अवकलन (in calculus) · gd eadar-dhealachadh (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · tr türev (act of differentiating) · hi विभेदनज़्ज़्ज़्ज़्ज़्ज़् (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · it differenziazione (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · de Differentiation (in calculus) · fi erittely (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · pt diferenciação (act of differentiating) · nrf difféthentiâtion (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · tl pag-iiba (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · io diferencio (act of differentiating) · nrf difféthentiâtion (act of differentiating) · he הבדלה (act of differentiating) · fr différenciation (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · pt derivação (in calculus) · pt diferenciação (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · ja 分化 (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · ru дифференциа́ция (act of differentiating) · bg раличаване (act of differentiating) · nrf difféthentiâtion (in calculus) · fa تمایز (act of differentiating) · el διαφοροποίηση (act of differentiating) · bg видоизменение (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · fi erilaistuminen (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · fi differentioituminen (act of differentiating) · it differenziazione (in calculus) · es diferenciación (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · fi differointi (act of differentiating) · de Differenzierung (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · tr farklılaştırma (act of differentiating) · fi erilaistaminen (act of differentiating) · es diferenciación (in calculus) · el διαφοροποίηση (in calculus) · pl dyferencjacja (separation of magma) · ja 微分 (in calculus) · ru разграниче́ние (act of differentiating) · sv differentiering (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · tl pagtitingid (in calculus) · pt diferenciação (in calculus) · fr différentiation (in calculus) · fi differentiaatio (gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development) · sv differentiering (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · hi विभेदन (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · pl dyferencjacja (act of differentiating) · hi विभेदन (act of differentiating) · io diferencio (act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference) · ru дифференци́рование (in calculus)