differentiate
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
education
geography
geology
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Italic *ferō
Latin ferō
Latin differō
Latin differēns
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin differentia
New Latin differentiō
New Latin differentiātusbor.
English differentiate
From New Latin differentiātus, perfect passive participle of differentiō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from Latin differentia (“difference”); see difference.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: differentiates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: differentiating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: differentiated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: differentiated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: differentiates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A humble instance of Ablaut may be quoted which took place in the seventeenth century, when the word then was differentiated into the two forms then and than.
gloss: To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: What differentiates an alligator from a crocodile?
Taste differentiates a gentleman—for instance, Mr. Addison—from a Hottentot or Laplander.
gloss: To recognize as different or distinct.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: How do you differentiate a fake smile from a genuine one?
In the earlier chapters uncouth proper names are reduced to a minimum, but the Index refers by name to specific places and persons only generally mentioned in the earlier pages. For instance, the states of Lu and Chêng on pages 22 and 29 : it is hard enough to differentiate Ts‘i, Tsin, Ts‘in, and Ts‘u at the outstart, without crowding the memory with fresh names until the necessity for it absolutely arises.
The mass of the rich and poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit.
gloss: To calculate the derivative of a function.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: he refused to instruct that actual intent to harm or recklessness had to be found before punitive damages could be awarded, or that a verdict for respondent should differentiate between compensatory and punitive damages.
gloss: To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Like most teaching, differentiating is a mix of art and science. When it works, "it's like a jazz rhythm," said Carol Tomlinson, an education professor at the University of Virginia and an expert on differentiation.
Moreover, children of STIP-teachers who showed many types of differentiation activities learnt more than children of STIP-teachers who differentiated less.
I use technology to differentiate in my Algebra classroom in many different ways. Sometimes, I put this technology in the hands of students and sometimes I use it myself to streamline a process.
gloss: To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: In Chapter IV we learned that every animal consists of a body, or soma, formed of cells that are differentiated from the germ cells usually at an early stage of development.
Osteoblasts are derived from stromal cells, a type of connective tissue cell in the bone marrow, whereas osteoclasts differentiate from macrophages, which are tissue-bound derivatives of monocytes, a type of white blood cell (see p. 402).
gloss: Something that has been differentiated or stratified.
pos: noun
examples: There is no discernable tendency, however, for the differentiates to fall into two extremities, as would be expected if they were trending toward distinct eutectics in a residua system.
This latter terminology is particularly favored by Soviet petrologists, e.g.. Bogatikov et al. (1985), who believe that any magma typically exhibits both agpaitic and miascitic differentiates.
Synonyms: transform
differentiate
differentialize (rare) ?
distinguish
individualize
particularize
severalize
Antonyms: equate
mix up
muddle up
leave alone
preserve
Related words: differ
difference
different
differential
tell apart
Derived words: codifferentiate
cytodifferentiate
dedifferentiate
differentiable
differentiation
differentiator
differentiatory
indifferentiate
misdifferentiate
neurodifferentiate
nondifferentiating
redifferentiate
retrodifferentiate
subdifferentiating
transdifferentiate
undifferentiating
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