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differentiation
Found in thesaurus: secernment, discrimination, operation, mathematical operation, mathematical process, adaption, adaptation, adjustment
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differentiation
n.
act of distinguishing; discrimination; act of changing; transforming of a function into its derivative (Mathematics)
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Differentiation
Differentiation may refer to:
- Cellular differentiation in biology
- Developmental biology
- Differentiated instruction in education
- Differentiation (economics), the making a product different from other similar products
- Differentiation (ethnography), the invention of ostensible differences between cultures
- Differentiation (linguistics)
- Differentiation (mathematics), the process of finding a derivative
- Differentiation (sociology)
- Igneous differentiation in geology
- Inductive reasoning aptitude in psychology
- Planetary differentiation – in planetary science and geology
- Product differentiation in marketing
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differentiation
Noun
1. a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"
(synonym) distinction
(hypernym) discrimination, secernment
(hyponym) contradistinction
(derivation) distinguish, mark, differentiate
2. the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
(hypernym) mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation
(derivation) differentiate
3. (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
(synonym) specialization, specialisation
(hypernym) adaptation, adjustment
(derivation) differentiate
(classification) biology, biological science
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differentiation
n.
rozlišování; odlišování
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Differentiation
(n.)
The supposed act or tendency in being of every kind, whether organic or inorganic, to assume or produce a more complex structure or functions.
The supposed act or tendency in being of every kind, whether organic or inorganic, to assume or produce a more complex structure or functions.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.
The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.
(n.)
The act of differentiating.
The act of differentiating.
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