Definition of "differentiae" []

• Plural of differentia. (noun)

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• "The features that specifically make an object the kind of substance that it is, are called differentiae, and Aristotle says the differentia also is not in a subject."
• "If G1 is superordinate to G2, then G1's differentiae will be a subset of G2's differentiae."
• "If G1 and G2 are coordinate genera, then G1's differentiae will be different in kind from G2's differentiae."