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differentiation

/ˌdɪf.əˌɹɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/

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What does differentiation mean?

noun

  1. 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.
  2. The process of developing distinct components.
  3. 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.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. 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.
  2. The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
  3. The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.

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/ˌdɪf.əˌɹɛn.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/

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On the contrary, with the advance of social differentiation it has acquired the axiomatic force due to ancient and unquestioned prescription.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833
There is still another differentiation in which foolishness and simplicity are distinguished by the lack of extent, or the intensity of attention.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
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On the other hand the sporangia of these plants were usually borne on special fertile fronds, a mark of rather high differentiation.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
The development of a fragment of an egg as a complete whole involves reversals in the processes of differentiation of a very subtle order.
VariousThe Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915Project Gutenberg ebook #987
The human body with its millions of cells and cell colonies is developed by the multiplication, with gradual differentiation, of the reproductive cell.
Henry LindlahrNature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease & CureProject Gutenberg ebook #4273