Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different. Opposite of
undifferentiated . - adjective (Biol.) exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
differentiate . - adjective biology, of a cell or tissue That has taken on a
specialized form and function
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment
- adjective made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different
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Examples
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The people in the various communities self identified and stuck to their tribes use of the term differentiated by delimiter.
Personal InfoCloud 2009
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Our work with companies in many sectors shows that the answer involves adopting what we call differentiated IT governance: integrating IT with the business area it supports and matching the management of IT to the management of the business.
Managing IT For Scale, Speed And Innovation Sam Marwaha 2006
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Each indoor pool in the pictures below has its own personality and can be easily differentiated from the rest.
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Truly, they were more widely differentiated from the men under them than were the men under them differentiated from Hottentots -- ay, and from monkeys.
CHAPTER III 2010
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It is only with the flash that the filling is even differentiated from the base and topping -- and then it is a more striking difference than what you would see in person.
Streusal Topped Lemon Shortbread Bars Laura 2009
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Art 1, Sec 7, Para 2 continues “If after such Reconsideration ...” as an indication of a specific action and a specific situation differentiated from the initial “Every Bill ...”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review? 2010
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Progressives are to be differentiated from the libertarian in revolt, which is the traditional, temporary leftist.
Milton Friedman Day, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It is only with the flash that the filling is even differentiated from the base and topping -- and then it is a more striking difference than what you would see in person.
Archive 2009-05-01 Laura 2009
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But Vista presents a curious dilemma: XP was better differentiated from the Mac, but by making Vista more Mac-like, Microsoft has lost much of its product differentiation.
Microsoft Tries to Polish Vista - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The general “calling” or decision to serve in career missions work perhaps needs to be differentiated from the specific “calling” to a certain country or people group.
How new missionaries choose their country of service: do we need a change? 2008
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