derivation

Meaning of derivation

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

Information about derivation

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of derivation is: derivations.
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Hyphenation of derivation

deriva-tion

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • derivation is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

derivation synonyms

Meaning deriving:

deriving, etymologizing

Meaning ancestry:

ancestry, lineage, filiation

Translation of derivation

Anagrams of derivation

ordinative

Words that rhyme with derivation

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