differentiable

American  

[dif-uh-ren-shee-uh-buhl, -shuh-buhl] / ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃi ə bəl, -ʃə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being differentiated.

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differentiable British  

/ ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being differentiated

2. maths possessing a derivative

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Other Word Forms

• differentiability noun
• nondifferentiable adjective
• undifferentiable adjective
• undifferentiably adverb

Etymology

Origin of differentiable

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

Example Sentences

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

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

But it is much more difficult for a function to be completely differentiable, or analytic, at a point in the complex plane than for a function to have derivatives in a multivariable calculus sense.

From Scientific American

Schematic illustrates these two different ways in which the sets of ensemble responses can become more or less differentiable.

From Nature

DeepMind's new system — which they call a 'differentiable neural computer' — can make sense of a map it has never seen before.

From Nature