diferensiasi

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch differentiatie.

• IPA^(key): /di.fe.ren.siˈa.si/
• Hyphenation: di‧fé‧rén‧si‧a‧si

diferensiasi (plural diferensiasi-diferensiasi)

1. differentiation
   1. (literal, uncommon) 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

      Synonym: pembedaan

   2. (sociology) the process of distinguishing and dividing social groups based on factors like age, ethnicity, and sex
   3. (biology, developmental biology) the process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are produced and acquire function, as when a seed develops the root and stem, and the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds
   4. (biology, evolutionary theory) the evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.) becomes distinct from another, or acquires distinct features; the result of such a process: distinctness
   5. (astronomy) the process by which a planet or celestial body separates into layers with different chemical compositions and densities

• “diferensiasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.