Words Like DIFFERENTIATION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DIFFERENTIATION.

8 Alternative Words Similar to differentiation

1 Distinction Noun      Synonym Words Like Distinction
3 Operation Noun      Synonym Words Like Operation
4 Secernment Noun      Synonym Words Like Secernment
5 Contrast Noun      Hyponym Words Like Contrast
6 Demarcation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Demarcation
8 Line Noun      Hyponym Words Like Line

10 definitions of differentiation

1 The act of differentiating.
2 The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.
3 The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes.
4 The supposed act or tendency in being of every kind, whether organic or inorganic, to assume or produce a more complex structure or functions.
5 a discrimination between things as different and distinct
6 (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
7 the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
8 The act or process of differentiating.
9 The state of becoming differentiated.
10 Mathematics The process of computing a derivative.
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