differentiate
IPA: dɪfɝˈɛnʃieɪt
noun
- (geology) Something that has been differentiated or stratified.
verb
- (transitive)
- To make different; to change, modify.
- To recognize a distinction or difference between two things.
- (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
- (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- (intransitive)
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
- (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
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Examples of "differentiate" in Sentences
- The concept is differentiated from others.
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