differentiation, n.
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a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
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differentiation distinction
sample sentences
"it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"
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lexical pointers
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the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
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differentiation
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(biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
<noun.process>
differentiation specialisation specialization
sample sentences
"cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
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lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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