Meanings
nounantidifferentiation (usually uncountable, plural antidifferentiations)
plural antidifferentiations
- uncountableusuallycalculusThe process of finding the antiderivative.
You may think that the book’s chapter on antidifferentiation is long and hard but it comes down to just a few ideas.
(Can we date this quote?), Dave Rusin, “How to antidifferentiate”, in Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, page 1Synonyms: integration · Antonyms: differentiation
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Italic*ferō
- Latinferō
- Latindifferō
- Latindifferēns
- Latindifferentia
- New Latindifferentiō
- New Latindifferentiātus
- Englishdifferentiate
- Englishdifferentiation
- Englishantidifferentiation
From anti- + differentiation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan integració
- integracióthe process of finding the antiderivative
French anti-dérivation, primitivation
- anti-dérivationthe process of finding the antiderivative
- primitivationthe process of finding the antiderivative
Italian integrazione
- integrazionethe process of finding the antiderivative
Portuguese integração, primitivação
- integraçãothe process of finding the antiderivative
- primitivaçãothe process of finding the antiderivative
Spanish antiderivación
- antiderivaciónthe process of finding the antiderivative
Cite this entry
APA
antidifferentiation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidifferentiation
MLA
“antidifferentiation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidifferentiation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antidifferentiation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidifferentiation.
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