codifferentiation

noun

The act or process of obtaining the codifferential of a function, or a function which obtains the codifferential

Scrabble 26

Meanings

nouncodifferentiation (uncountable)

alternative co-differentiation

  1. uncountablecalculusThe act or process of obtaining the codifferential of a function, or a function which obtains the codifferential

    In addition, a is called a co-exact form if the r-form a can be written as codifferentiation of a (r + l)-form β, ie, a = δβ.

    1997, Bo-Yu Hou, Bo-Yuan Hou, Differential Geometry for Physicists, →ISBN, page 113
  2. uncountablebiologyTo differentiate in parallel, as in embryonic or evolutionary development

    The codifferentiation of myoepithelium and its basement membrane is associated with changes in the surrounding stroma.

    1983, J.M. Williams, C.W. Daniel, “Mammary ductal elongation”, in Developmental Biology, volume 97, number 2

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  11. Proto-Italic*dis-
  12. Latindis-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  15. Proto-Italic*ferō
  16. Latinferō
  17. Latindifferō
  18. Latindifferēns
  19. Latindifferentia
  20. New Latindifferentiō
  21. New Latindifferentiātus
  22. Englishdifferentiate
  23. Englishdifferentiation
  24. Englishco-
  25. Englishdifferentiate
  26. Englishcodifferentiate
  27. Englishcodifferentiation

From co- + differentiation, or from codifferentiate + -ion.

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APA

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