derivation
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (8)
- the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)“he prefers shoes of Italian derivation”“music of Turkish derivation”Type of beginning, origin
- (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phraseSynonyms: derivingetymologizingType of explanation, account
- a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositionsType of inference, illation
- (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation“‘singer’ from ‘sing’ or ‘undo’ from ‘do’ are examples of derivations”Type of linguistic processKinds eponymy, interfixation
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodlineSynonyms: ancestrylineagefiliationType of inheritance, hereditary patternKinds origin, pedigreeAttribute of purebred, crossbred
- drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the bodyType of drawing, drawing off
- drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
- the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. derivatio: cf. F. dérivation. See Derive.
1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. obsolete Burnet, Thomas
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.— Sir Matt. 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.— Edward Gibbon
7. Mathematics 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. Medicine A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
9. The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement