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: dif-fe-ren-ti-al-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

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.