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单词 differentiate
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differentiaten.

Brit. /ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪeɪt/, /ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃ(ɪ)ət/, U.S. /ˌdɪfəˈrɛn(t)ʃiˌeɪt/, /ˌdɪfəˈrɛn(t)ʃ(i)ət/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: differentiate v.
Etymology: < differentiate v.; compare -ate suffix1.
Geology.
A variety of a rock whose mineral composition has differentiated from that of its presumed parent rock.
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1901 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 9 667 Of just what particular phase of the primary differentiation this secondary differentiate is a product it is a little difficult to say.
1925 R. A. Daly in J. Joly Surface-hist. Earth i. 32 The ‘obvious and long recognized hypothesis that augite andesite is a differentiate from basalt’.
1978 N.Z. Jrnl. Geol. & Geophysics 39 The leucoquartzdiorite could be a late differentiate of the Darran basic magma.
2009 B. D. Marsh in A. B. Watts Crust & Lithosphere Dynamics vii. 288/2 Any basaltic rock with low MgO must be a differentiate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

differentiatev.

Brit. /ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˌdɪfəˈrɛn(t)ʃiˌeɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin differentiat-, differentiare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin differentiat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of differentiare to distinguish (14th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin differentia difference n.1 Compare earlier difference v., and also earlier differentiation n.In sense 1 originally after French différentier (1754 in this sense; 1405 in Middle French as differencier in sense ‘to make different’).
1. transitive. Mathematics. To obtain the differential or derivative of (a function, variable quantity). Also intransitive.
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the world > relative properties > number > calculus > perform calculus [verb (transitive)] > differentiate
difference1728
differentiate1814
1814 J. Toplis tr. P. S. de Laplace Treat. Analyt. Mech. ii. 68 By differentiating [Fr. en différentiant] this last function, we shall have a differential equation.
1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 229 Differentiate this equation first with respect to ξ and then with respect to η.
1903 B. Russell Princ. Math. xxxix. 328 It was formerly supposed that all continuous functions could be differentiated, but this is now known to be erroneous.
1959 J. Singh Great Ideas Mod. Math. iii. 33 We have to differentiate the angle..of the tangential direction at P with respect to the length..of the arc.
1985 J. Marsden & A. Weinstein Calculus (ed. 2) II. viii. 372 To see that E is constant over time, we differentiate using the chain rule.
2012 R. Parent Computer Animation (ed. 3) vii. 240 The energy functions can be minimized to find optimal configurations or differentiated to find local force gradients.
2. transitive. Of a quality or feature: to cause (something) to be differentiated or distinguished (from something else); to cause or constitute a difference between.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > differ from [verb (transitive)] > distinguish or differentiate
to-skillc1175
disguise1340
asunderc1425
differc1450
difference1490
sort1553
distinguish1576
particularize?1593
diversify1594
subdistinguish1610
discriminate1615
severalize1645
specify1645
disresemble1651
estrange1727
discrepate1828
differentialize1833
differentiate1838
dissimilate1876
redifferentiate1970
1838 J. Rennie Nat. Hist. Monkeys, Opossums, & Lemurs I. ix. 296 The first of these characters [sc. cheek-pouches] differentiates them from the semnopithecs.
1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iii. §1. 127 The office of priest..is ultimately differentiated from that of the prophet and the prince.
1914 Columbia Law Rev. 14 699 This feature does not differentiate membership from property.
1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Oct. 280/1 It is the accumulated knowledge of centuries which differentiates modern Man from his ancestor in the dawn of civilization.
1965 S. W. Hobbs et al. Geol. of Coeur d'Alene District Shoshone County Idaho 117/2 This sharp change in trend is the principal feature that differentiates the Mill Creek and Deadman synclines.
2003 G. B. J. Dreyfus Sound of Two Hands Clapping ii. 44 Each monastery is differentiated from others by its own ritual material.
3.
a. transitive (usually in passive). Biology. To cause to undergo differentiation (differentiation n. 2).
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1853 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 12 303 The layers, originally identical throughout, set up different actions in their various parts, and are differentiated into dorsal and visceral plates.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xx. 365 The power of sexual selection in differentiating the tribes.
1888 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 35 The position of the eye at the extreme ends of the nervous cords would indicate that it was differentiated as part of the primitive nervous system.
1931 Bot. Gaz. 92 410 They appear before any protoxylem or protophloem cells are differentiated, and predesignate the location of these elements.
2009 G. D'Ancona Lunetta in B. Rinkevich & V. Matranga Stem Cells in Marine Organisms xiv. 360 Mesenchymal stem cells are differentiated into mesenchymal tissue, such as bone, cartilage, fat, tendons, muscle, and stroma marrow.
b. intransitive. Biology. Chiefly with prepositional phrase. To undergo differentiation (differentiation n. 2).
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] > become differentiated
differentiate1856
1856 J. W. Draper Human Physiol. ii. iv. 511 Cells differentiate from their normal spherical form, and..give origin to vascular tissue.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 155 Their walls become thickened as they differentiate from the meristem.
1902 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 15 Nov. 854/2 The mesoblast begins to differentiate.
1936 L. B. Arey Developmental Anat. (ed. 3) xiii. 361 With the exception of those muscles of the head and neck which differentiate out of the branchial arches.
1995 C. Nielsen Animal Evol. vi. 43 One or a few large eggs have been observed to develop in each animal..they differentiated from a cell of the lower epithelium.
2007 Independent 5 Mar. 6/2 It was thought that only stem cells from early embryos were ‘multipotent’—capable of differentiating into any one of the dozens of specialised cells of the body.
c. intransitive. Chiefly with into. To develop so as to form a collection or system of distinct and typically specialized components.
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1858 H. Spencer Ess. 1st Ser. 13 No sooner does the originally homogeneous social mass differentiate into the governed and the governing parts, than this last exhibits an incipient differentiation into religious and secular.
1874 G. H. Lewes in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 692 Nebulæ which differentiate into a solar system.
1922 Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio) 25 Nov. 4/3 As it spread widely, Aryan began to differentiate into a number of subordinate languages.
1986 M. W. Doyle Empires ix. 200 Integration, which in tribal societies was synonymous with the undifferentiated whole, becomes a problem when society differentiates.
2010 M. Dusche Identity Polit. India & Europe ii. 89 Either the group's norms will be adjusted, then the group's identity changes—or the group breaks up and differentiates into subgroups.
4.
a. intransitive. To make a distinction between; to distinguish between.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern, discriminate [verb (intransitive)]
winnowc1175
deem1340
knowa1398
discerna1413
perceive1495
descry1582
distinguish1612
discriminate1645
difference1646
differentiate1855
discrepate1894
1855 New Monthly Mag. June 156 A smart new version of the old fable of the Owl and the Hawk, which cleverly differentiates between the tu-whit and the tu-whoo of the former bird.
1891 J. Jastrow in Educational Rev. 1 258 One important use of child study is to differentiate between functions that in the adult have become merged.
1901 All Ireland Rev. 26 Jan. 1/2 The average Englishman does not differentiate between you and other Irishmen, or, if he does, it is to your disadvantage.
1944 Billboard 24 June 76/4 Des Moines citizen have also been fully informed that the federal tax differentiates between gaming devices and amusement machines.
2012 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 10 May 16 Our children seem to have lost the ability to differentiate between right and wrong.
b. transitive. To identify or assert the difference between; to make a distinction between; to distinguish (something) from something else.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > differ from [verb (transitive)] > mark difference between
difference1596
modificate1625
modify1664
differentiate1857
demark1883
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)] > distinguish, separate
winnowc825
tryc1330
distinguea1340
divide1377
departc1380
devisea1400
sever1426
perceivea1500
deem1530
discern1533
searcec1535
sort1553
to pick outa1555
decern1559
difference1596
distinguisha1616
severalize1645
separate1651
secern1656
run1795
define1807
sequester1841
differentiate1857
divaricate1868
1857 Nonconformist 23 Sept. 758/2 We are not of those who differentiate rebellion and revolution by success.
1878 M. E. Braddon Open Verdict xxxv. 239 Typhus and typhoid, which two fatal diseases..Jenner was just then seeking to differentiate.
1905 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 16 526 It is hardly necessary to call attention to the fairly successful way in which he has differentiated the three life periods.
1952 San Antonio (Texas) Express 22 May 14/1 He described this condition as ‘phases of confusion when it's hard to differentiate fact from fiction’.
2005 D. E. Cowan Cyberhenge iii. 74 Branwen, another member of that group, defines it in terms of traditional Witchcraft (which she differentiates from Wicca).

Derivatives

diffeˈrentiated adj.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] > distinguished or differentiated
particularized1611
modified1690
differentiated1853
nuanced1902
nuancé1963
1853 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. Oct. 307 They are, assuredly, all nothing but differentiated portions of one and the same periplast.
1889 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. July 225 It seems more natural to assume the tetrapody as the primitive march-verse, and the tripody as an intentionally differentiated form for purposes of recitation.
1902 J. W. Mellor Higher Math. iv. 156 Integration..restores the differentiated function to its original value.
2005 New Scientist 19 Mar. 82/2 (advt.) You will work on a project investigating..a novel gene expressed in the differentiated cells of the epidermis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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