differentia

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• differentia

  diffĕrentĭa, ae, f. [differo], I a difference, diversity (cf.: discrepantia, distantia, discrimen, ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Differentia

  ·noun The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language