differentiation

diferenciación, distinción

Reconocimiento o presentación de las diferencias entre unas cosas y otras.

En inglés sencillo: The act of recognizing or showing how things are different from one another.

• The labels allow easy differentiation between products.
• Price differentiation helps customers choose the right service.
• The report makes no differentiation between these two groups.

Cómo se usa: differentiation between A and B (There is clear differentiation between the two product ranges.); differentiation of A from B (Differentiation of this species from related species requires careful observation.)

Sinónimos: distinction

Expresiones frecuentes: product differentiation, clear differentiation, differentiation between things

diferenciación

Proceso de adquirir diferencias o características especiales, sobre todo en células o grupos de seres vivos.

En inglés sencillo: The process of becoming different or developing special features, especially in cells or groups of living things.

• Cell differentiation begins early in development.
• These genes control differentiation into muscle cells.
• The study examines the differentiation of species over time.

Sinónimos: specialization

Expresiones frecuentes: cell differentiation, cellular differentiation, species differentiation

trato diferenciado, diferenciación

Trato distinto a personas o situaciones según sus necesidades o características.

En inglés sencillo: Treating people or situations differently according to their needs or features.

• Differentiation helps teachers meet different learning needs.
• The lesson plan includes differentiation by ability.
• There should be no differentiation in treatment based on gender.

Cómo se usa: differentiation according to something (The school uses differentiation according to pupils’ learning needs.)

Sinónimos: differential treatment

Expresiones frecuentes: curricular differentiation, differentiation by ability, differentiation in teaching

derivación

Procedimiento matemático para hallar la rapidez con que cambia una función.

En inglés sencillo: A mathematical process for finding how quickly a function changes.

• Differentiation gives us the slope of this curve.
• We used differentiation to calculate the rate of change.
• Have you learned the basic rules of differentiation?

Expresiones frecuentes: differentiation of functions, partial differentiation, differentiation rule