Derivation

/ˌdɛ.ɹɪˈveɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology). countable, uncountable

    "the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root"

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  1. 6
    drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body wordnet
  2. 7
    Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline wordnet
  4. 9
    The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions wordnet
  6. 11
    That from which a thing is derived. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase wordnet
  8. 13
    That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) wordnet
  10. 15
    The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation wordnet
  12. 17
    The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.; A formal proof: a sequence of statements, each of which is logically entailed by those preceding (with respect to some collection of rules of inference), the initial statements being taken as axioms. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first. countable, uncountable
  14. 19
    An algebraic generalization of the derivative operator (from its natural setting in the ring of real-valued functions) to a general associative algebra over a field. Formally, (given an algebra A over a field K) a K-linear endomorphism that satisfies Leibnitz's Law. countable, uncountable
  15. 20
    An algebraic generalization of the derivative operator (from its natural setting in the ring of real-valued functions) to a general associative algebra over a field. Formally, (given an algebra A over a field K) a K-linear endomorphism that satisfies Leibnitz's Law.; Any of several generalizations of this notion: a Hasse–Schmidt derivation, a graded derivation, etc. countable, uncountable
  16. 21
    A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. countable, historical, uncountable

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acceptanceaccidenceacquisitionadjective formationadmissionadmittance

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"Esperanto has an excellent derivation system."

Etymology

From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin dērīvātiō, dērīvātiōnem. Morphologically derive + -ation.

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