While thereâs no doubt asbestos exposure is the leading cause of pleural plaque, both asbestos groups are equally capable of bringing on this situation. This issue is not like other asbestos-exposure issues where one fiber classification is known to be far more dangerous than the other.
differentiation. n. 1. the act, process, or result of differentiating. 2. (Mathematics) maths an operation used in calculus in which the derivative of a function or variable is determined; the inverse of integration. See integration 6.
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.