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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: - Dutch: differentií«ren
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