The Saskatchewan death rate, long in the 7.5â8.5/1,000 range, increased to 9.2 in 2001, perhaps to some extent due to the âbaby boomâ generation of the 1950s now reaching retirement age, but mostly due to a significant expansion of older-aged population.
Differentiation is an operation that allows us to find a function that outputs the rate of change of one variable with respect to another variable. Informally, we may suppose that we're tracking the position of a car on a two-lane road with no passing lanes.
differentiate. 1  to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish. 2  to change; alter. 3  to perceive the difference in or between. 4  to make different by modification, as a biological species. 5  Mathematics. to obtain the differential or the derivative of. 6  to become unlike or dissimilar; change in character. 7  to make a distinction. 8  Biology.