单词 | differentiation |
释义 | differentiation (once / 4286 pages) n Differentiation is how someone or something is set apart from others. If you make a differentiation between one brand of toothpaste and another, you point out how they're distinct. You can see the word different in differentiation. The -tion ending tips you off that differentiation is the noun form of different: differentiation refers to the differences themselves. Suppose two very similar movies come out at the same time. The studios will work to achieve differentiation in the films' trailers, with one highlighting the chemistry between the romantic leads and the other showing moments of slap-stick comedy. WORD FAMILYdifferentiation: dedifferentiation, differentiations+/differ: differed, different, differing, differs/difference: differences, differential, differentiate/different: difference, differently, indifferent/differential: differentially, differentials/differentiate: dedifferentiate, differentiable, differentiated, differentiates, differentiating, differentiation, differentiator/differentiated: dedifferentiated, undifferentiated/indifference: indifferences/indifferent: indifference, indifferenter, indifferently USAGE EXAMPLESBut, he added: "Populism is based on a dichotomy, on a differentiation between the people and the elite." BBC(Dec 28, 2016) “More and more, it’s going to be that compute capability that’s going to drive a lot of the differentiation of the car of the future.” Wall Street Journal(Nov 15, 2016) However, I was disturbed by the differentiation in the article between “psychiatric” and “medical” patients. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) 1n a discrimination between things as different and distinct Syn|Hypo|Hyper distinction contradistinction a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast contrast, demarcation, dividing line, linea conceptual separation or distinction hairsplitting, word-splittingmaking too fine distinctions of little importance Rubicon, point of no returna line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment discrimination, secernment the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished 2n the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function Hyper mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods 3n (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function cell differentiation in the developing embryo Syn|Hyper specialisation, specialization adaptation, adaption, adjustment the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
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