1. capable of being differentiated; able to be distinguished or recognized as different
2. (mathematics) having a derivative at a given point or over an interval; smooth enough to be differentiated using calculus
Usage: technical; mathematics

Examples

• The two products are barely differentiable in terms of quality.
• A differentiable function has a well-defined slope at every point in its domain.
• The twins are so similar that they are hardly differentiable to strangers.
• In calculus, we study differentiable curves to find their rates of change.
• The differentiable characteristics of the two species help biologists classify them.
• A function must be continuous to be differentiable, but not all continuous functions are differentiable.