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Meaning of 'derivation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Derivation [ n.]
- 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 Aryan 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.
- A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Meaning of 'derivation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . derivation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
Example in sentence:
  • he prefers shoes of Italian derivation;
  • music of Turkish derivation
Meaning (2):
- (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
Example in sentence:
  • `singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations

Nearby Words:

deracinate deracinated deracinating deraign deraignment derail derailed derailing derailment derain

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