DIFFERENTIATIONS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

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

Example: cell differentiation in the developing embryo

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes

Example: it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function