differentiate

区別する、差別化する

二つの物事の違いを見分けたり、示したり、作り出したりする。

やさしい英語で： To recognize, show, or create the difference between two things.

• Can you differentiate between the two sounds?
• Her clear writing differentiates her work from other reports.
• The company differentiated its products through better design.

使い方： differentiate between A and B (Can you differentiate between these two birds?); differentiate A from B (Its bright colour differentiates this species from others.)

類義語： distinguish, tell apart

よく使う表現： differentiate between things, differentiate something from something

微分する

入力値の変化に対して、数学の関数がどれほど速く変わるか計算する。

やさしい英語で： To calculate how fast a mathematical function changes when its input changes.

• Differentiate this function first.
• We differentiated the equation with respect to time.
• Can you differentiate this expression using the chain rule?

使い方： differentiate something with respect to something (Differentiate the function with respect to time.)

類義語： find the derivative of

反対語： integrate

よく使う表現： differentiate a function, differentiate the equation