differentiable

[ dif-uh-ren-shee-uh-buhl, -shuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being differentiated.

differentiable

/ ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being differentiated
2. maths possessing a derivative

Derived Forms

• ˌdifferˌentiaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• differ·enti·a·bili·ty noun
• nondif·fer·enti·a·ble adjective
• undif·fer·enti·a·ble adjective
• undif·fer·enti·a·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of differentiable¹

First recorded in 1860–65; differenti(ate) + -able

Example Sentences

Utilizing an innovative deep learning architecture on human neurosurgical recordings, the team employed a rule-based differentiable speech synthesizer to decode speech parameters from cortical signals.

From Science Daily

"Most importantly, wet markets aren't created equal and are differentiable based on whether live and wild animals are sold alongside produce and dead/domesticated animals."

From Salon

Weierstrass wanted to know whether there was a limit to how not differentiable a continuous function could be, and this example shows that it can be pretty darn non-differentiable!

From Scientific American

The vast majority of mathematicians will assert as objective fact that there is no largest prime number, that pi is irrational, and that every differentiable function is continuous.

From Scientific American

Barely differentiable, and often designed and serviced by the same international consultancies, these hi-tech urban enclaves are cropping up from Kenya to Kazakhstan .

From The Guardian