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differentiae

differentiae is the plural of differentia.

Meaning of differentia

Noun

differentia (plural differentiae)

  1. A distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members of the same genus.
    • That character, it seems to me, should be regarded as the practically important differentia of religion for our purpose; and just what it is can easily be brought out by comparing the mind of an abstractly conceived Christian with that of a moralist similarly conceived.1902, William James, “Lecture II: Circumscription of the Topic”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC...

Questions about differentiae

What is differentiae the plural of?
Differentiae is the plural of differentia.

Words near differentiae in the dictionary

  1. differentiability
  2. differentiable
  3. differentiable manifold
  4. differentiable manifolds
  5. differentiably
  6. differentiae
  7. differential
  8. differential calculus
  9. differential diagnoses
  10. differential diagnosis
  11. differential equation

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