derivation
/หdษ.ษนษชหveษช.ส(ษ)n/IPA: /D EH0 R AH0 V EY1 SH AH0 N/
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A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
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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.
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(genealogy) The act of tracing origin or descent.
โthe derivation of a word from an Indo-European rootโ
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(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
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The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
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That from which a thing is derived.
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That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
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The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
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A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
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