Definitionen
1.NounThe act or process of differentiating (generally, without a specialized sense).
The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
The process of developing distinct components.
2.NounThe act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
3.NounThe process of developing distinct components.
4.NounThe process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are produced and acquire function, as when a seed develops the root and stem, and the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds.
5.NounThe evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.) becomes distinct from another, or acquires distinct features; the result of such a process: distinctness.
6.NounThe process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
7.NounThe process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.