differentiation
(noun)
noun
1. a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
Similar word(s): distinction
Definition categories: thought, discrimination, secernment
2. the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
Definition categories: act, operation
3. (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
- cell differentiation in the developing embryo
Similar word(s): specialisation, specialization
Definition categories: process, adaptation, adaption, adjustment