Derivation

What do we mean by derivation?

The act or process of deriving. noun

The state or fact of being derived; origination. noun

Something derived; a derivative. noun

The form or source from which something is derived; an origin. noun

The historical origin and development of a word; an etymology. noun

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. noun

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. noun

The formal description of the process of such generation. noun

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. noun

A drawing from or turning aside, as a stream of water or other fluid from a natural course or channel; a stream so diverted. noun

Specifically noun

The act or fact of deriving, drawing, or receiving from a source: as, the derivation of being; the derivation of an estate from ancestors, or of profits from capital. noun

In philology, the drawing or tracing of a word in its development or formation from its more original root or stem; a statement of the origin or formative history of a word. See etymology. noun

In mathematics: The operation of finding the derivative, or differential coefficient; differentiation. noun

The operation of passing from any point on a cubic curve to that point at which the tangent at the first point cuts the curve. noun

The operation of passing from any function to any related function which may in the context be termed its derivative. The word derivation, in its first mathematical sense, was invented by Lagrange, who thought it possible to develop the calculus without the use of infinitesimals. noun

In biology, descent with modification of an organism from antecedent organisms; evolution: as, the derivation of man; the doctrine of derivation—that is, the derivative theory (which see, under derivative). noun

In gunnery, the peculiar constant deviation of an elongated projectile from a rifled gun, due to its angular rotation about its longer axis and to the resistance of the air. Sometimes called drift. noun

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.

(genealogy) The act of tracing origin or descent.

(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.

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 a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.

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

Words that are spelled similarly to derivation:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word derivation:
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Words that rhyme with derivation:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe derivation:
mathematical, above, detailed, direct, formal, theoretical, simple, alternative, original, rigorous, following, possible, greek, latin, similar, probable, complete, logical, common, etymological, syntactic, true, historical, classical, uncertain, correct, exact, actual, obvious, ultimate, french, previous, transformational, empirical, systematic, analytical, indian, lexical, usual, european, independent, statistical, mechanical, standard, heuristic, secondary, verbal, immediate, explicit, successful, foregoing, leftmost, african, partial, automatic, morphological, arabic, latter, fanciful, brief, simpler, elementary, subsequent, spanish, unknown, precise, plausible, satisfactory, ethnic, straightforward, rightmost, alternate, zero, likely, phonological.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective derivation:
distinction, tree, process, hierarchy, subs, formulas, method, problems, analysis, procedure, system, step.

Words that sound like derivation:
derivation, deprivation, depravation, derivations, derogation, deprivations, derivational, denervation, duration, degradation, deprecation, degredation, depredation, titivation, derogations, aggravation, devotion, decreation, direction, dedication, decoration, delegation, dereliction, desiccation, deration, dehaven, dormition, denegation, derusha, devoration.