differentiation

Dictionary: dif·fer·en·ti·a·tion   (dĭf'ə-rĕn'shē-ā'shən)

1. 1. The act or process of differentiating.
   2. The state of becoming differentiated.
2. Mathematics. The process of computing a derivative.
3. Biology. The process by which cells or tissues undergo a change toward a more specialized form or function, especially during embryonic development.

noun

The act or an instance of distinguishing: discrimination, distinction, separation. See same/different/compare.

Definition: distinction
Antonyms: association

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1. the distinguishing of one thing from another.
2. the act or process of acquiring completely individual characteristics, such as occurs in the progressive diversification of cells and tissues in the embryo, e.g. sex differentiation.
3. increase in morphological or chemical heterogeneity.

Chemical zonation caused by differences in the densities of minerals; heavy materials sink, less dense materials float.

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Differentiation can mean the following:

• The act of finding the derivative in mathematics
• Differentiated instruction in education,
• Cellular differentiation in biology
• Planetary differentiation in planetary science
• Inductive reasoning aptitude in psychology
• Igneous differentiation in geology
• Product differentiation in marketing
• Differentiation (linguistics)
• Differentiation (sociology)
• Differentiation (economics), the making a product different from other similar products.
• Differentiation (ethnography), the invention of ostensible differences between cultures

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