Derivation

Definition:

  • (n.) A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.
  • (n.) The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
  • (n.) That from which a thing is derived.
  • (n.) That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Compare derivation with other words:

deprivation vs. derivation

derivably vs. derivation

derivation vs. paronymous

derivation vs. unargued

derivation vs. derivational

derivation vs. etymology

derivation vs. parentage

derivation vs. inflection

completion vs. derivation

derivation vs. induction

derivation vs. process

derivation vs. morbid

derivation vs. relieve

derivation vs. lessen

another vs. derivation

body vs. derivation

derivation vs. integration

derivation vs. differentiation

derivation vs. law

derivation vs. fixed

according vs. derivation

deducing vs. derivation

derivation vs. function

derivation vs. operation

deduction vs. derivation

asserted vs. derivation

derivation vs. established

derivation vs. derived

derivation vs. relation

derivation vs. method

derivation vs. genealogy

derivation vs. grammar

derivation vs. descent

derivation vs. origin

derivation vs. tracing

derivation vs. evidence

capital vs. derivation

condition vs. derivation

cause vs. derivation

derivation vs. procuring

derivation vs. receiving

derivation vs. source

derivation vs. stream

derivation vs. drawing

derivation vs. water

derivation vs. leading

cognate vs. derivation

conjugate vs. derivation

derivation vs. derive

derivation vs. derivative