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derivation

Noun

∙ A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
∙ 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.
∙ The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root.
∙ The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
∙ That from which a thing is derived.
∙ That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
∙ The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration. mathematics
∙ A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. medicine

BABYLON ENGLISH
derivation n.
source, origin; something that has been derived; act of deriving; (Grammar) process of making new words from a root word (ex: "painting from the word "paint")

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
derivation
derivation
\der`iva"tion\, n. the formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.
derivation
\der`i*va"tion\ (?), n. [l. derivatio: cf. f. dérivation. see derive.]
1. a leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [obs.] burnet.
2. 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. as touching traditional communication, i do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. m. hale.
3. the act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an aryan root.
4. the state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
5. that from which a thing is derived.
6. that which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. from the euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river.
7. (math.) the operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the operation of differentiation or of integration.
8. (med.) a drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

WORDNET 2.0
derivation
Noun
1. the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
(hypernym) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
(derivation) derive, come, descend
2. (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
(synonym) deriving, etymologizing
(hypernym) explanation, account
(derivation) derive
(classification) historical linguistics
3. a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
(hypernym) inference, illation
(derivation) deduce, infer, deduct, derive
4. (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
(hypernym) linguistic process
(derivation) derive
(classification) synchronic linguistics, descriptive linguistics
5. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
(synonym) ancestry, lineage, filiation
(hypernym) inheritance, hereditary pattern
(hyponym) breed, strain
(attribute) purebred
(derivation) derive, come, descend
6. drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
(hypernym) drawing, drawing off
7. drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
(hypernym) drawing, drawing off

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Derivation
Derivation may refer to:Derivation (abstract algebra), a unary function satisfying the Leibniz product lawDerivation (linguistics)Formal proof or derivation, a sequence of sentences each of which is an axiom or follows from the preceding sentences in the sequence by a rule of inferenceParse tree or concrete syntax tree, a tree that represents the syntactic structure of a string according to some formal grammarThe creation of a derived row, in the twelve-tone musical techniqueAn after-the-fact justification for an action, in the work of sociologist Vilfredo ParetoDerivative work, a concept in United States copyright law
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

derivation

Noun

∙ A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
∙ 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.
∙ The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root.
∙ The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
∙ That from which a thing is derived.
∙ That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
∙ The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration. mathematics
∙ A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. medicine

BABYLON ENGLISH
derivation n.
source, origin; something that has been derived; act of deriving; (Grammar) process of making new words from a root word (ex: "painting from the word "paint")

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
derivation
derivation
\der`iva"tion\, n. the formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.
derivation
\der`i*va"tion\ (?), n. [l. derivatio: cf. f. dérivation. see derive.]
1. a leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [obs.] burnet.
2. 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. as touching traditional communication, i do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. m. hale.
3. the act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an aryan root.
4. the state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
5. that from which a thing is derived.
6. that which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. from the euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river.
7. (math.) the operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the operation of differentiation or of integration.
8. (med.) a drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

WORDNET 2.0
derivation
Noun
1. the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
(hypernym) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
(derivation) derive, come, descend
2. (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
(synonym) deriving, etymologizing
(hypernym) explanation, account
(derivation) derive
(classification) historical linguistics
3. a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
(hypernym) inference, illation
(derivation) deduce, infer, deduct, derive
4. (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
(hypernym) linguistic process
(derivation) derive
(classification) synchronic linguistics, descriptive linguistics
5. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
(synonym) ancestry, lineage, filiation
(hypernym) inheritance, hereditary pattern
(hyponym) breed, strain
(attribute) purebred
(derivation) derive, come, descend
6. drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
(hypernym) drawing, drawing off
7. drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
(hypernym) drawing, drawing off

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Derivation
Derivation may refer to:Derivation (abstract algebra), a unary function satisfying the Leibniz product lawDerivation (linguistics)Formal proof or derivation, a sequence of sentences each of which is an axiom or follows from the preceding sentences in the sequence by a rule of inferenceParse tree or concrete syntax tree, a tree that represents the syntactic structure of a string according to some formal grammarThe creation of a derived row, in the twelve-tone musical techniqueAn after-the-fact justification for an action, in the work of sociologist Vilfredo ParetoDerivative work, a concept in United States copyright law
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