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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun differentiation has 3 senses
- differentiation(n = noun.cognition) distinction - a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation" is a kind of discrimination, secernment
- differentiation(n = noun.act) Array - the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function; Array is a kind of mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation
- differentiation(n = noun.process) specialisation, specialization - (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo" is a kind of adaptation, adaption, adjustment
has particulars: contradistinction, contrast, demarcation, dividing line, line, hairsplitting, word-splitting
Derived forms verb differentiate6, verb differentiate1, verb differentiate2
Derived form verb differentiate3
Derived form verb differentiate4
THESAURUS
differentiation
addition, alteration, analysis, anatomization, approximation, atomization, capriciousness, change, changeability, changeableness, characterization, choppiness, contradistinction, dappleness, definition, demarcation, denomination, denotation, description, designation, desynonymization, deviation, difference, differencing, differentness, disclosure, discrimination, disequalization, disjunction, disorder, distinction, distinctiveness, distinguishment, divarication, divergence, diversification, division, egohood, equation, evolution, expression, extrapolation, fingering, hairsplitting, hint, human factor, identification, identity, inconsistency, inconstancy, indication, indicativeness, individualism, individuality, individualization, individuation, inequality, instability, integration, integrity, interpolation, inversion, involution, irregularity, jerkiness, manifestation, meaning, mercuriality, microscopic distinction, modification, motleyness, multiplication, mutability, naming, nice distinction, nominalism, nonconformism, nonconformity, nonstandardization, nonuniformity, notation, nuance, oneness, particularism, particularity, particularization, personal equation, personal identity, personality, personalization, personship, picking out, pluralism, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, practice, proportion, raggedness, reduction, segregation, selection, self-identity, selfhood, selfness, separation, severalization, severance, shade of difference, show, showing, signification, singularity, soul, specialization, specification, subtle distinction, subtraction, suggestion, symptomaticness, transformation, trichoschistism, unconformism, unconformity, unevenness, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unsteadiness, variability, variation, variegation, variety, variousness, versatility, waveringROGET THESAURUS
differentiation
Numeration
N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.Discrimination
N discrimination, distinction, differentiation, diagnosis, diorism, nice perception, perception of difference, appreciation of difference, estimation, nicety, refinement, taste, critique, judgment, tact, discernment, acuteness, penetration, nuances, dope, past performances, discriminating, dioristic, discriminative, distinctive, nice, il y a fagots et fagots, rem acu tetigisti, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, miles apart, a distinction without a difference.
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