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Differentiation meaning

What does “differentiation” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“differentiation” is a noun with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes.

differentiation

noun

  1. a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes

    “it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation”

    Synonymsdistinction

  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”

    Synonymsspecializationspecialisation

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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