Hypertext Webster Gateway: "differentiate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Differentiate \Dif`fer*en"ti*ate\, v. i. (Biol.)
To acquire a distinct and separate character. --Huxley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Differentiate \Dif`fer*en"ti*ate\, v. t.
1. To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect
a difference in, as regards classification; to develop
differential characteristics in; to specialize; to
desynonymize.

The word then was differentiated into the two forms
then and than. --Earle.

Two or more of the forms assumed by the same
original word become differentiated in
signification. --Dr. Murray.

2. To express the specific difference of; to describe the
properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from
another of the same class; to discriminate. --Earle.

3. (Math.) To obtain the differential, or differential
coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic
expression, or an equation.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

differentiate
v 1: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
[syn: {distinguish}, {separate}, {secern}, {secernate},
{severalize}, {tell}, {tell apart}]
2: be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in
a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him form
his peers" [syn: {distinguish}, {mark}]
3: calculate a derivative; take the derivative; in mathematics
[ant: {integrate}]
4: become different during development; of cells
5: become distinct


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