DIFFERENTIATION

• (noun) the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function

• (noun) a discrimination between things as different and distinct

  "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

  synonyms : distinction

• (noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function

  "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"

  synonyms : specialisation , specialization

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