differentiation
The act or process of differentiatingThe 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 math teacher explained the concept of partial differentiation.
Der Mathematiklehrer erläuterte den Begriff der partiellen Ableitung.
Учитель математики объяснил общее понятие частной производной.
Meaning
6 sensesThe act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense).
(countable, uncountable)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.
Differenzierung, Unterscheidung, Unterscheidung
разграниче́ниеrazgraničénije, разделе́ниеrazdelénije, разграниче́ниеrazgraničénije
(countable, uncountable)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, 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.
(countable, uncountable)The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
Differenzierung
дифференциро́вкаdifferenciróvka
(countable, uncountable)The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
Differentiation, Differenziation
дифференци́рованиеdifferencírovanije
the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
Examples
1 sentencesThe math teacher explained the concept of partial differentiation.
ruУчитель математики объяснил общее понятие частной производной.
deDer Mathematiklehrer erläuterte den Begriff der partiellen Ableitung.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 4
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Forms
plural: differentiations| Singular | differentiation |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes:distinction
- (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function:specializationspecialisation
Word family
43 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable