derivation

See also: dérivation

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for derivation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

From Middle French dérivation, from Latin derivatio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌdɛɹɪˈveɪʃən/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

derivation (countable and uncountable, plural derivations)

  1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
  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.
  3. (grammar, genealogy) The act of tracing origin or descent.
    the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root
  4. (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
  5. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
  6. That from which a thing is derived.
  7. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
  8. (mathematics) 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.
  9. (medicine) 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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Further reading
  • derivation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

derivation c (singular definite derivationen, plural indefinite derivationer)

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Declension
Declension of derivation
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative derivation derivationen derivationer derivationerne
genitive derivations derivationens derivationers derivationernes

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