differentiate
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dif·fer·en·ti·ate
/ ˌdifəˈrenshēˌāt/
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v. [tr.]
1.
recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different:
children can differentiate the past from the present.
∎ [intr.] (differentiate between)
identify differences between (two or more things or people):
he is unable to differentiate between fantasy and reality.
∎
make (someone or something) appear different or distinct:
Twain was careful to differentiate Huck's speech from that of other white people.
2.
technical
make or become different in the process of growth or development:
[tr.]
the receptors are developed and differentiated into sense organs |
[intr.]
the cells differentiate into a wide variety of cell types.
3.
Math.
transform (a function) into its derivative.
DERIVATIVES:
dif·fer·en·ti·a·tion
/ -ˌrenshēˈāshən/ n.
dif·fer·en·ti·a·tor
/ -ˌātər/ n.
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Differentiation: A powerful business concept.
Magazine article from: Accounting Today; 9/25/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...professional service industries. Differentiation -- a marketing approach through which...continue to expand. To these firms, differentiation appears to be the answer. But while...in a leisurely manner. The role of differentiation The relationship of business strategy...
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Differentiation - the reality
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 9/30/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Welch New Straits Times 09-30-2006 Differentiation - the reality Byline: Jack Welch...and in life. Q: I really support differentiation - ranking employees into performance...Resistance" may be too soft a word! Yes, differentiation has its advocates - and even its hardcore...
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Granulocytic differentiation of HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells is associated with increased expression of Cu15
Magazine article from: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...used as a model for studying granulocytic differentiation. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) treatment...of HL-60 cells promotes granulocytic differentiation and is effective as differentiation therapy for patients with acute promyelocytic...
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Measuring differentiation among populations at different levels of genetic integration.(Methodology article)(Report)
Magazine article from: BMC Genetics; 9/30/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...species' persistence via adaptive differentiation to local conditions, which in turn...selectively neutral impacts on population differentiation (e.g. founder effects, genetic...the amount and pattern of genetic differentiation among a set of populations basically...
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Enhanced myogenic differentiation by extracellular matrix is regulated at the early stages of myogenesis
Magazine article from: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...and homeostasis. To induce myogenic differentiation, culture media composed of a wide...these components may modulate the differentiation process differentially, we describe a differentiation protocol that does not require the...
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Strategy and evaluating differentiation opportunities. (Business Corner).
Magazine article from: Coatings World; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...often used and many times abused is differentiation, including its application to strategy...formulator/sellers forget that differentiation is not a value if it resides on the...by the other "side of the desk." Differentiation requires that business offerings have...
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Neural Differentiation of Pluripotent Mouse Embryonal Carcinoma Cells by Retinoic Acid: Inhibitory Effect of Serum
Magazine article from: Physiological Research; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...embryonic stem (ES) cells, the differentiation pathway entered after treatment with...effects of serum on RA-induced neural differentiation occurring in a simplified monolayer...free media RA induces massive neural differentiation in concentrations of 10^sup -9...
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PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE REGULATES EARLY DIFFERENTIATION IN HUMAN LARYNGEAL KERATINOCYTES
Magazine article from: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...proliferation, gene expression, and differentiation. Infection of laryngeal epithelial...characterized by an altered pattern of differentiation. Papilloma cells overexpress the...We hypothesized that the altered differentiation of papillomas reflects these changes...
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Organization of extracellular matrix components during differentiation of adipocytes in long-term culture
Magazine article from: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...degraded with the progress of adipocyte differentiation. The type I collagen network was...through the late stage of adipocyte differentiation. The extracellular networks of type...remained in the late stage of adipocyte differentiation. The network structures of type IV...
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Differentiation vs. complexity: differentiation requires management of both the "backroom" and "market-facing" sides of your business.(Strategies & Analysis)
Magazine article from: Coatings World; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...significant confusion when defining differentiation and complexity concepts in running...large companies. Many believe that differentiation is simply being different from the...complexity of offerings is part of this "differentiation." What is a differentiation strategy...
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geochemical differentiation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
geochemical differentiation Chemical differentiation occurs whenever coexisting phases with different chemical...physically segregated from each other. Examples of chemical differentiation include fractional crystallization in magma chambers...
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Lack of Differentiation
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
LACK OF DIFFERENTIATION The question of lack of differentiation is raised mainly from a topographical viewpoint...intrinsically based on a model of two processes of differentiation: extrapsychic (or interindividual) differentiation...
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structural differentiation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
structural differentiation A concept associated with evolutionary...social change based on structural differentiation. The process may be imagined...such as early socialization . Differentiation involves the increasing specialization...
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Differentiation
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce
DIFFERENTIATION In terms of e-commerce, differentiation is, simply, how one company sets its e-commerce...those offered by competitors. In some cases, the differentiation might be in name recognition. In a world filled with...
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Growth and Differentiation of the Nervous System
Book article from: Animal Sciences
Growth and Differentiation of the Nervous System The nervous...same part of the spinal cord. Differentiation of the Nervous System The vertebrate...to differentiate into neurons. Differentiation is the process by which an embryonic...
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