codifferentiation

codifferentiation

English

Alternative forms

  • co-differentiation

Etymology

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

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    Noun

    codifferentiation (uncountable)

    1. (calculus) The act or process of obtaining the codifferential of a function, or a function which obtains the codifferential
      • 1997, Bo-Yu Hou, Bo-Yuan Hou, Differential Geometry for Physicists[1], →ISBN, page 113:
        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.
    2. (biology) To differentiate in parallel, as in embryonic or evolutionary development
      • 1983, J.M. Williams, C.W. Daniel, “Mammary ductal elongation”, in Developmental Biology[2], volume 97, number 2:
        The codifferentiation of myoepithelium and its basement membrane is associated with changes in the surrounding stroma.