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Derivation

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Noun

1. derivation

the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)

Example Sentences:
'he prefers shoes of Italian derivation'
'music of Turkish derivation'

2. derivation, deriving, etymologizing

(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

3. derivation

a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

4. derivation

(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation

Example Sentences:
'singer' from sing' or undo' from do' are examples of derivations'

5. ancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage

inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

6. derivation

drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body

7. derivation

drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation

8. derivation

the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Derivation

see synonyms of derivation
noun
1. 
the act of deriving or state of being derived
2. 
the source, origin, or descent of something, such as a word
3. 
something derived; a derivative
4. 
a. 
the process of deducing a mathematical theorem, formula, etc, as a necessary consequence of a set of accepted statements
b. 
this sequence of statements
c. 
the operation of finding a derivative

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Derivation

see synonyms of derivation
noun
1. 
a deriving or being derived
2. 
descent or origination
3. 
something derived; a derivative
4. 
the source or origin of something
5. 
the origin and development of a word; etymology
6. 
a.  Grammar
the process of forming words from bases by the addition of affixes other than inflectional morphemes, or by internal phonetic change
the derivation of “warmth” from “warm”
b.  Linguistics
in generative grammar, the process of forming sentences

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Derivation

see synonyms of derivation
n.
1.
a. The act or process of deriving.
b. The state or fact of being derived; origination: a custom of recent derivation.
c. Something derived; a derivative.
2. The form or source from which something is derived; an origin.
3. Linguistics
a. The historical origin and development of a word; an etymology.
b. The process by which words are formed from existing words or bases by adding affixes, as singer from sing or undo from do, by changing the shape of the word or base, as song from sing, or by adding an affix and changing the pronunciation of the word or base, as electricity from electric.
c. In generative linguistics, the generation of a linguistic structure through an ordered or partially ordered series of operations on other structures, such as the creation of a surface structure from a deep structure, or of a complex word from its morphological components.
d. The formal description of the process of such generation.
4. Logic & Mathematics A logical or mathematical process indicating through a sequence of statements that a result such as a theorem or a formula necessarily follows from the initial assumptions.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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