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Differentiation   /dɪfərˌɛnʃiˈeɪʃən/  /dˌɪfərˌɛntʃiˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Differentiation

noun
1.
A discrimination between things as different and distinct.  Synonym: distinction.
2.
The mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function.
3.
(biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function.  Synonyms: specialisation, specialization.



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"Differentiation" Quotes from Famous Books



... degree, were gradually marked off from their fellows and became a separate class, who were destined to exercise a most far-reaching influence on the political, religious, and intellectual evolution of mankind. Social progress, as we know, consists mainly in a successive differentiation of functions, or, in simpler language, a division of labour. The work which in primitive society is done by all alike and by all equally ill, or nearly so, is gradually distributed among different classes of workers and executed more and ...
— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer

... some points for the differentiation of the pathological lie have been added to those offered by Delbruck, Risch, Koppen, and Vogt. The pathological liar lies, not according to a plan, but the impulse seizes him suddenly. This propensity grows stronger. Under strict supervision it comes to only an abortive attack, ...
— Pathology of Lying, Etc. • William and Mary Healy

... large on the various incomers to Fernando Po we may next turn to the natives, properly so-called, the Bubis. These people, although presenting a series of interesting problems to the ethnologist, both from their insular position, and their differentiation from any of the mainland peoples, are still but little known. To a great extent this has arisen from their exclusiveness, and their total lack of enthusiasm in trade matters, a thing that differentiates them more than any other characteristic from ...
— Travels in West Africa • Mary H. Kingsley

... determined. Methods of recounting prehistoric time: (1) geologic method, (2) paleontology, (3) anatomy, (4) cultures. Prehistoric types of the human race. The unity of the human race. The primitive home of man may be determined in a general way. The antiquity of man is shown in racial differentiation. The evidences of man's ancient life in different localities: (1) caves, (2) shell mounds, (3) river and glacial drifts, (4) burial-mounds, (5) battle-fields and village sites, (6) lake-dwellings. Knowledge of ...
— History of Human Society • Frank W. Blackmar

... for a general commander to direct the movements of the united bands would be felt. The introduction of this office as a permanent feature in the government was a great event in the history of human progress. It was the beginning of a differentiation of the military from the civil power, which, when completed, changed essentially the external manifestation of the government; but even in later stages of progress, when the military spirit predominated, the essential character of the government was not changed. Gentilism arrested usurpation. ...
— Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines • Lewis H. Morgan


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