different between characterized vs differentiation

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???kt??a?zd/
• (Received Pronunciation, NYC) IPA^(key): /?kæ??kt??a?zd/
• Hyphenation: char?ac?ter?ized

Verb

characterized

1. simple past tense and past participle of characterize

English

Etymology

From differentiate +? -ion, from different +? -iate, from differ +? -ent, from Middle English differen, from Old French differer, from Latin differ? (“carry apart, put off, defer; differ”), from dis- (“apart”) + fer? (“carry, bear”); cognate with Ancient Greek ??????? (diaphér?, “to differ”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

differentiation (countable and uncountable, plural differentiations)

1. The act of differentiating.
2. The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.
3. The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes.
4. (geology) The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
5. (calculus) The process of determining the derived function of a function.

Derived terms

• cellular differentiation
• evolutionary differentiation
• planetary differentiation

Related terms

• differ
• difference
• different
• differentiate
• differential

Translations

See also

• differentiation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia