differentially

1. 1.

   in a differential manner

   “Hubel and Wiesel have found cells that respond differentially according to the direction in which a stimulus is moved across the retina”

Questions about differentially

What does differentially mean?

differentially means "in a differential manner".

How many syllables are in differentially?

differentially has 6 syllables and divides as dif-fe-ren-ti-al-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is differentially a common word?

differentially is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.