ALL meanings of differentia
dif·fer·en·ti·a
D d - noun plural differentia the character or attribute by which one species is distinguished from all others of the same genus. 1
- noun plural differentia the character or basic factor by which one entity is distinguished from another. 1
- noun differentia A distinguishing mark or characteristic. 1
- noun differentia a feature by which two subclasses of the same class of named objects can be distinguished 0
- noun differentia a distinguishing characteristic, esp. one that distinguishes one species from another of the same genus 0
- noun differentia (semantics, logic) A distinguishing feature which marks something off from other members of the same family. 0
- noun differentia (taxonomy) An attribute that distinguishes a species from others of the same genus. 0