Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

differentiable

/ˌdɪf.ə(ɹ)ˈɛn.ʃə.bəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: dif-fer-en-tiable
IPA: /ˌdɪf.ə(ɹ)ˈɛn.ʃə.bəl/

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.

adj

able to be differentiated; distinguishable, as for example by differing appearance or measurable characteristics.

Example Sentences

"A function which is differentiable wherever it is continuous is said to possess ordinary continuity."
"It would, in that case, have been as real as it now is, and would have been differentiable from its Maker as an effect is differentiable from its cause."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia New Latin differentiō New Latin differentiātusbor. English differentiate Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English differentiable From differentiate + -able.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌdɪf.ə(ɹ)ˈɛn.ʃə.bəl/

Inflected Forms

more differentiable (comparative) most differentiable (superlative)

Derived Forms

differentiability differentiably indifferentiable nondifferentiable quasidifferentiable subdifferentiable superdifferentiable ultradifferentiable undifferentiable

Phrases

complex-differentiable differentiable manifold quasi-differentiable

Synonyms

differentiatable

Questions

How do you pronounce differentiable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɪf.ə(ɹ)ˈɛn.ʃə.bəl/.
What does differentiable mean?: Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.
Where does differentiable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia New Latin differentiō New Latin differentiātusbor. English differentiate Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English differentiable From differentiate + -able.

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