Differentiation - Definition
differentiation
n 1: a discrimination between things as different and distinct;
"it is necessary to make a distinction between love and
infatuation" [syn: differentiation, distinction]
2: the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a
function
3: (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a
particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing
embryo" [syn: specialization, specialisation,
differentiation]