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Meaning of "differentia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIFFERENTIA

From Latin: diversity, difference.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DIFFERENTIA

differentia  [ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIFFERENTIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Differentia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIFFERENTIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Differentia

In Scholastic logic, differentia is one of the predicables. It is that part of a definition which is predicable in a given genus only of the definiendum; or the corresponding "metaphysical part" of the object.

Definition of differentia in the English dictionary

The definition of differentia in the dictionary is a feature by which two subclasses of the same class of named objects can be distinguished Also called: difference.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIFFERENTIA


anodontia
ˌænəʊˈdɒnʃɪə
astrantia
əˈtrænʃɪə
Devonshire
ˈdɛvənʃɪə
Dunbartonshire
dʌnˈbɑːtənʃɪə
entia
ˈenʃɪə
marchantia
mɑːˈkænʃɪə
opuntia
ɒˈpʌnʃɪə
respondentia
ˌrɛspɒnˈdɛnʃɪə
sententia
sɛnˈtɛnʃɪə
tradescantia
ˌtrædɛsˈkænʃɪə
uncia
ˈʌnʃɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIFFERENTIA

different
differentiability
differentiable
differentiae
differential
differential calculus
differential coefficient
differential equation
differential gear
differential geometry
differential housing
differential operator
differential pricing
differential tone
differential windlass
differentially
differentiate
differentiation
differentiator
differently

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIFFERENTIA

absentia
amentia
bona vacantia
Constantia
definientia
dementia
exodontia
Florentia
in absentia
kentia
Lentia
Numantia
orthodontia
periodontia
Placentia
presenile dementia
senile dementia
strontia
Valentia
vasa deferentia

Synonyms and antonyms of differentia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «differentia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIFFERENTIA

Find out the translation of differentia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of differentia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «differentia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不同点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

diferenciación
570 millions of speakers

English

differentia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

differentia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فارق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отличительное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

differentia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পার্থক্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

différenciation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Differentia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

differentia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

差異
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

differentia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Beda
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

differentia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வித்தியாசம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भिन्नता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

differentia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

differentia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

differentia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відмітна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

differentia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

differentia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

differensiasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

differentia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

differentia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of differentia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIFFERENTIA»

The term «differentia» is regularly used and occupies the 83.964 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIFFERENTIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «differentia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «differentia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about differentia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIFFERENTIA»

Discover the use of differentia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to differentia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aristotle's Concept of Dialectic
this view of the differentia should be confronted with the following comments: it is more suitable to offer the genus than the differentia in reply to questions about the nature of the subject, and furthermore whereas the differentia always qualifies  ...
John David Gemmill Evans, 1977
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Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy V: Aristotle's Ontology
Therefore, the comment quoted above alone suffices to account for the genus and its relation to the differentia, and it is in the area of the differentiae that the real issue of unity arises for Aristotle. Moreover, Aristotle clearly maintains that since ...
John Peter Anton, George L. Kustas, Anthony Preus, 1992
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Essays on Hegel's Logic
Hegel. and. the. Problem. of. the. Differentia. by Edward Halper It is a minor scandal that, with the extensive treatment the works of Aristotle have received, particularly of late, virtually nothing has been said of a blatant and devastating difficulty ...
George Di Giovanni, 1990
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Aristotle's Theory of Predication
A differentia together with a genus gives a definition of the species. Aristotle recognizes primary substances, or singular things, their species, and their genera to be substances. The singular are primary substances, while the universal ones,  ...
Allan Bäck, 2000
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An Anthology of the Works of Aristotle (Part One)
Both, then, could not be genera, and consequently, if 'state' is the genus of virtue, clearly 'good' cannot be its genus: it must rather be the differentia'. Moreover, 'a state' indicates the essence of virtue, whereas 'good' indicates not the essence ...
Raja Sharma
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Topics
Again, see if he has rendered the differentia as the genus, e.g. 'immortal' as the genus of 'God'. For 'immortal' is a differentia of 'living being', seeing that of living beings some are mortal and others immortal. Clearly, then, a bad mistake has ...
Aristotle, 2004
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Aristotle: Logic and metaphysics
Aristotle concludes that the last differentia will be the substance and definition of the definiendum. Since divisions are made "by the differentia of the differentia," the last differentia entails all the previously articulated differentiae: two-footed ...
Lloyd P. Gerson, 1999
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Saint Thomas Aquinas on the Existence of God: The Collected ...
The differentia is a further determination; but in its primary notion, according to this doctrine of St. Thomas, it expresses merely a determination of something, leaving that "something" in its vague and indefinite transcendental sense. The genus ...
Joseph Owens, John R. Catan, 1980
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Organon of Science: Three Books in One Volume
Again, If we take two homouioal similia and two heterical similia, and the homonical similia and heterical. similia be inter se differentia, we will call the latter differential similia: Homonical similia and differential similia will then be differentia.
John Harrison Stinson, 1879
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The Organon
Or possibly 'good' here is not the genus but the differentia, on the principle that the same thing cannot be in two genera of which neither contains the other: for ' good' does not include 'state', nor vice versa: for not every state is good nor every  ...
Aristotle, Roger Jones, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIFFERENTIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term differentia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Volodymyr Ishchenko: Ukraine's Maidan mythologies | Links …
... though he is obliged to note its differentia specifica—reverting to a “uniquely Ukrainian” and “old-fashioned” world of projectile cobblestones, Molotov cocktails ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Jul 15»
2
Will Prime Minister Modi keep his word on One Rank One Pension?
(ii) the differentia must have a rational relation to the objects sought to be achieved by the legislation. The constitutional scholar MP Singh uses ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
3
E-payment volume grows to N35trn in 2 years
“Convenient banking is in the norm and differentia- tion can only come via in- novation,” he said. Declaring the CardEx- po event open, Godwin ... «BusinessDay, Jun 15»
4
Hyphen Chooses Qlik Sense to Help Clients Deliver Innovative …
With these integrations in place, Hyphen worked with leading Qlik partner Differentia Consulting to implement Qlik Sense for a flexible platform ... «Finances.com, Jun 15»
5
What triggered Wall Street's overnight selloff
And I fail to see why equity investors would not be at a differentia between a long-term positive growth story and market that is being only ... «Moneycontrol.com, May 15»
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Qlik Sense-making at Qonnections 2015
I met with Lufthansa, which is deploying Qlik, initially for procurement operations and Differentia, consultants running the information systems ... «Diginomica, Apr 15»
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Modi's land ordinance may yet fail the biggest test – of the Indian …
The first of the tests, called “intelligible differentia”, requires difference capable of being understood. (A good example of intelligible differentia is ... «Scroll.in, Apr 15»
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Section 66A and International Human Rights
There is, therefore, an intelligible differentia, distinguishing cyber-space from other forms of speech and expression, having a rational relation to ... «Merinews, Apr 15»
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Principles, anxieties and concern in the Section 66A judgment
The frustration of law in encountering the Internet is a subtext that emerges in the arguments around “intelligible differentia” (Article 14) in the ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
10
Answering the Malaysian Bar on the hudud – Fatihah Jamhari
... as decided cases on this stress the reasonable classification test which is itself divided into two limbs, intelligible differentia or who falls within ... «The Malaysian Insider, Apr 15»

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