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differentiation
has definitions from the fields of mathematics,psychology,biology,genetics,embryology
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[ noun ] (psychology) a discrimination between things as different and distinct
Synonyms Examples "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation" Used in print (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)An oversimplified differentiation between soft - and hard surface cleaning lies_in the magnitude and kind of surface involved . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)In other studies , loss of differentiation in previously established conditioned_reflexes resulted from repeated convulsive ( metrazol ) treatments , suggesting a fundamental disturbance in the balance between excitatory and inhibitory cerebral processes . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)Even in the united_states , with its freedom of religious_belief and worship and its vast denominational differentiation , there is a general consensus regarding the basic Christian values . Related terms discrimination line contradistinction hairsplitting distinguish differentiate |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
Used in print (Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)If D denotes the differentiation operator and p is the polynomial * * f then V is the null_space of the operator p ( D ) , because * * f simply says * * f . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology,genetics,embryology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
Synonyms Examples "cell differentiation in the developing embryo" Related terms |
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