was wotd|2007|April|30
English
Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/dɪf.ÉËrÉn.tÊi.eɪt/
italbrac|US IPA|/Ëdɪ.fÉËrÉnt.Êi.eɪt/
audio|en-us-differentiate.ogg|Audio (US)
Verb
en-verb|differentiat|ing
- transitive To show, or be the distinction between two things
#:1933: The mass of the rich and poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit. -- George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Ch. XXII, pg. 120 (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition).
- intransitive To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate
- context|transitive|intransitive To modify, or be modified.
- context|transitive|mathematics To calculate the derivative of a function.
- context|transitive|mathematics To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- context|intransitive|biology To produce distinct organs or to achieve specific functions by a process of development called differentiation.
Translations
trans-top|to be the distinction
Dutch: onderscheiden|zich onderscheiden
Polish: różniÄ siÄ
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Swedish: särskilja, skiljs åt
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trans-top|to discriminate
Dutch: onderscheiden, differentiëren, discrimineren
Finnish: huomata ero, tehdä ero
Hebrew: ×××××× (lehavdyl)
trans-mid
Polish: odróżniaÄ
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trans-top|modify, be modified
Polish: różnicowaÄ
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trans-top|to calculate the derivative
Dutch: afleiden
Finnish: derivoida
trans-mid
Polish: różniczkowaÄ
Swedish: derivera, partialderivera (calculate a partial derivative)
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trans-top|to calculate the differential
Dutch: differentiëren
Polish: różniczkowaÄ
trans-mid
Swedish: differentiera
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trans-top|(biology) differentiation
Dutch: differentiëren
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fr:differentiate
io:differentiate
pl:differentiate
ru:differentiate
sv:differentiate
ta:differentiate
vi:differentiate
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