What is the meaning of differentiation?

noun

  • A discrimination between things as different and distinct.
    • usage: "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"
  • The mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function.
  • Biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function. (
    • usage: "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
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