differentiation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
calculus
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
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
English differentiation
From differentiate + -ion, from different + -iate, from differ + -ent, from Middle English differen, from Old French differer, from Latin differō (“carry apart, put off, defer; differ”), from dis- (“apart”) + ferō (“carry, bear”); cognate with Ancient Greek διαφέρω (diaphérō, “to differ”).
Base: differentiate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: differentiations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The level of kinesthetic differentiations was established for every individual by using device called kinesthesiometer which allows testing in aquatic environment
gloss: The act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Any hope that the pierines would help to define “the level at which r-K phenomena should be sought has been dashed: apparently species groups (or subgenera, or splitters' genera) are r- or K-selected in the holarctic, whereas in Tatochila the same amount of differentiation is found among populations in a complex in which the process of speciation has not yet been completed.
gloss: The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The integration and differentiation of vital function on the one hand, and the preparation and composition of food-material on the other hand form — as we will become fully aware further on — the two great divisions in the subject-matter of the science of organization, divisions corresponding to the fundamental biplicity of all advanced organization, its animal and its vegetative life.
Related words: differ
difference
different
differentiate
differential
Derived words: antidifferentiation
anti-differentiation
autodifferentiation
automatic differentiation
cellular differentiation
chemodifferentiation
chondrodifferentiation
cluster of differentiation
codifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
dedifferentiation
differentiational
differentiation syndrome
dysdifferentiation
enantiodifferentiation
erythrodifferentiation
evolutionary differentiation
histodifferentiation
indifferentiation
maldifferentiation
microdifferentiation
misdifferentiation
morphodifferentiation
multidifferentiation
myodifferentiation
neurodifferentiation
nondifferentiation
organodifferentiation
osteodifferentiation
overdifferentiation
planetary differentiation
postdifferentiation
predifferentiation
prodifferentiation
product differentiation
proto-differentiation
redifferentiation
retrodifferentiation
self-differentiation
semantic differentiation
subdifferentiation
transdifferentiation
undifferentiation
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: տարբերակում
roman: tarberakum
lang: Bulgarian
word: раличаване
roman: raličavane
lang: Estonian
word: eristamine
lang: Finnish
word: erilaistuminen
lang: Finnish
word: erilaistaminen
lang: Finnish
word: differentioituminen
lang: Finnish
word: differointi
lang: Finnish
word: differentiaatio
lang: French
word: différentiation
lang: German
word: Unterscheidung
lang: Greek
word: διαφοροποίηση
roman: diaforopoíisi
lang: Hebrew
word: הבדלה
roman: havdala
lang: Hindi
word: विभेदन
roman: vibhedan
lang: Hindi
word: विभेदीकरण
roman: vibhedīkraṇ
lang: Ido
word: diferencio
lang: Italian
word: differenziazione
lang: Norman
word: difféthentiâtion
lang: Persian
word: تمایز
roman: tamāyoz
lang: Persian
word: برفرودی
roman: barforudi
lang: Polish
word: dyferencjacja
lang: Polish
word: polaryzacja
lang: Portuguese
word: diferenciação
lang: Romanian
word: diferențiere
lang: Russian
word: разделе́ние
roman: razdelénije
lang: Russian
word: разграниче́ние
roman: razgraničénije
lang: Russian
word: дифференциа́ция
roman: differenciácija
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: eadar-dhealachadh
lang: Turkish
word: farklılaştırma
lang: Turkish
word: türev