The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.

plural of differentiation

Associated with, or leading to differentiation

Anything that differentiates, or causes differentiation (in any sense); a distinguishing feature.

plural of differentiator

The ability to be differentiated.

In a differential manner / (mathematics) With regard to differentiation

That differentiates, or causes differentiation

(calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.

plural of differentiability