derivation

1. n. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. The act of word/tracing">tracing word/origin">origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root. Source: opted

4. n. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. Source: opted

5. n. That from which a thing is derived. Source: opted

6. n. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. n. A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. Source: opted

9. n. the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) Source: wordnet

10. n. (word/historical">historical word/linguistics">linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase Source: wordnet

11. n. a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions Source: wordnet

12. n. (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation Source: wordnet

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