Meanings
comparative more differentiable · superlative most differentiable
- not comparablecalculusHaving a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.
A function which is differentiable wherever it is continuous is said to possess ordinary continuity.
1896 August, W. Williams, “On the Convergency of Fourier's Series”, in The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and .Journal of Science, volume 42, number 255, page 137 - comparableable to be differentiated; distinguishable, as for example by differing appearance or measurable characteristics.
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.
1890, Randolph Sinks Foster, Studies in Theology, page 117
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being perceived as different
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- 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
- Englishdifferentiable
From differentiate + -able.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian диференцируем, различим
- диференцируем (diferenciruem)math: having a derivative
- различим (različim)able to be differentiated or distinguished
Chinese Mandarin 可微
- 可微 (kěwēi)math: having a derivative
Czech diferencovatelný
- diferencovatelnýmath: having a derivative
Danish differentiabel
- differentiabelmath: having a derivative
Finnish derivoituva, differentioituva
- derivoituvamath: having a derivative
- differentioituvamath: having a derivative
- eroteltavissa olevaable to be differentiated or distinguished
French dérivable, différenciable
- dérivablemath: having a derivative
- différenciableable to be differentiated or distinguished
German differenzierbar
- differenzierbarmath: having a derivative
Hindi अवकलनीय
- अवकलनीय (avkalanīya)math: having a derivative
Icelandic diffranlegur, deildanlegur
- diffranlegurmath: having a derivative
- deildanlegurmath: having a derivative
Italian derivabile, differenziabile
- derivabilemath: having a derivative
- differenziabilemath: having a derivative
Polish różniczkowalny, odróżnialny
- różniczkowalnymath: having a derivative
- odróżnialnyable to be differentiated or distinguished
- rozróżnialnyable to be differentiated or distinguished
Portuguese diferenciável, derivável
- diferenciávelmath: having a derivative
- derivávelmath: having a derivative
- diferenciávelable to be differentiated or distinguished
- derivávelable to be differentiated or distinguished
Spanish derivable
- derivablemath: having a derivative
Tagalog matitingid
- matitingidmath: having a derivative
Vietnamese có đạo hàm, khả vi
- có đạo hàmmath: having a derivative
- khả viable to be differentiated or distinguished
Cite this entry
differentiable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/differentiable
“differentiable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/differentiable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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