differentials,semantic 《英文msh詞典》Differentials,Semantic ; [入口詞] Differentials,Semantic ; [主題詞] Semantic Differential ; [英文釋義] Analysis of word concepts by the association of polar adjectives,e.g.,good-bad,with the concept,father. The adjectives are usually scaled in 7 steps. The subject's placement of the concept on the adjectival scale indicates the connotative meaning of the concept.