differentiate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: differentiate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for differentiate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
differentiate v mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" Synonym(s): distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers" Synonym(s): distinguish, mark, differentiate calculate a derivative; take the derivative Antonym(s): integrate become different during development; "cells differentiate" Antonym(s): dedifferentiate evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment Synonym(s): speciate, differentiate, specialize, specialise become distinct and acquire a different character
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Differentiate \Dif`feren"tiate\, v. i. (Biol.) To acquire a distinct and separate character. --Huxley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Differentiate \Dif`feren"tiate\, 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.