derivation

der·i·va·tion

 (dĕr′ə-vā′shən)

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.

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der′i·va′tion·al adj.

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derivation

(ˌdɛrɪˈveɪʃən)

n

1. the act of deriving or state of being derived

2. (Linguistics) the source, origin, or descent of something, such as a word

3. something derived; a derivative

4. (Mathematics)

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

ˌderiˈvational adj

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der•i•va•tion

(ˌdɛr əˈveɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of deriving or the state of being derived.

2. source; origin.

3. something derived.

4. development of a mathematical theorem.

5.

a. the process of adding affixes to or changing a base, thereby forming a word that may undergo further inflection or participate in different syntactic constructions, as in forming service from serve, song from sing, or hardness from hard (contrasted with inflection).

b. the systematic description of such processes in a language.

[1375–1425; < Latin]

der`i•va′tion•al, adj.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	derivation - the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation" origin, source, root, rootage, beginning - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
	2.	derivation - (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase deriving, etymologizing diachronic linguistics, diachrony, historical linguistics - the study of linguistic change; "the synchrony and diachrony of language" explanation, account - a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"
	3.	derivation - a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions illation, inference - the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
	4.	derivation - (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations" descriptive linguistics - a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments eponymy - the derivation of a general name from that of a famous person linguistic process - a process involved in human language
	5.	derivation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline ancestry, filiation, lineage hereditary pattern, inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents descent, extraction, origin - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" bloodline, pedigree - ancestry of a purebred animal
	6.	derivation - drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body drawing off, drawing - act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well"
	7.	derivation - drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation drawing off, drawing - act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well"
	8.	derivation - the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen

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derivation

noun origin, source, basis, beginning, root, foundation, descent, ancestry, genealogy, etymology The derivation of its name is obscure.

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derivation

noun

1. Something derived from another:

byproduct, derivative, descendant, offshoot, outgrowth, spinoff.

2. A point of origination:

beginning, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root, rootstock, source, spring, well.

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Translations

إشْتِقاقأصْل

odvozovánípůvod

afledningherkomstoprindelseudledningudvinding

HerleitungUrsprung

derivación

dérivationorigine

leszármaztatásszármaztatás

afleiîsla

derivazione

derivasjonopprinnelseavledning

odvodzovanie

kaynakkökentüre me

衍生词源起源

derivation

[ˌderɪˈveɪʃən] N [of word] → derivación f

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derivation

[ˌdɛrɪˈveɪʃ^ən] n [word] → dérivation f

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derivation

n → Ableitung f; (Chem) → Derivation f; this text has its derivation from Kafka’s novels → dieser Text basiert auf Kafkas Romanen; whatever the true derivation of this story may be → woher diese Geschichte auch immer ursprünglich stammt

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derivation

[ˌdɛrɪˈveɪʃ/ən] n → derivazione f

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derive

(diˈraiv) verb

(with from).

1. to come or develop from. The word `derives' is derived from an old French word. aflei van, ontleen aan يُشْتَق من произхождам derivar odvodit z, pocházet z herleiten komme fra; stamme fra προέρχομαι από derivar tulenema ناشی شدن؛ مشتق شدن johtua dériver (de) לִנבוֹע निकलना izvesti, dobivati származik berasal vera dregið af derivare da ～から出ている (~으로부터) 이끌어내다 kilti, būti kilusiam izcelties; atvasināt berasal dari afgeleid zijn van avlede, utlede, stamme fra wywodzić (się) مشتق كول، استنباط كول، نتيجه اخيستل، له سر چينى نه اخيستل، ديوې لكمې اصلى ريښه موندل derivar a deriva (din) происходить odvodiť (od) izhajati poticati härleda sig från, härröra från กลายมาจาก gelmek, türemek 派生，源於 походити; встановлювати походження کسی ذریعہ سے حاصل ہونا xuất phát từ 派生，源于

2. to draw or take from (a source or origin). We derive comfort from his presence. iets uit iets of iemand put يَسْتَمِد извличам tirar mít, získávat z gewinnen udvinde; få αντλώsacar, recibir ammutama گرفتن؛ کسب کردن saada tirer לְהָפִיק प्राप्त करना potjecati nyer mendapat fá, öðlast trarre da ～から得る (~에서) 찾다 semtis gūt; mantot diperolehi daripada ontlenenfå, utvinneczerpać اخيستل tirar a (pre)lua de la получать mať (z), čerpať (z) dobiti (od kod) izvući dra, få, erhålla ได้รับจาก almak, elde etmek 從某處得到 одержувати کسی اصل پر مبنی ہونا có nguồn gốc từ 得到，（从…中）得到

ˌderiˈvation (deri-) noun

1. the source or origin (of a word etc). afkoms أصْل произход derivação původ der Ursprung oprindelse; afledning; herkomst πηγή, προέλευσηorigen algupära ریشه؛ اصل alkuperä dérivationמקור व्युत्पत्ति podrijetlo eredet asal-usul afleiðsla derivazione 起源 어원 kilmė atvasināšana asalan afleidingopphav, opprinnelse derywacja اصلى ريښه derivação origine этимология pôvod izvor poreklo härstamning, ursprung แหล่งที่มา köken, kaynak (詞)源 джерело; походження منبع یا مخرج nguồn gốc từ （词）源

2. the process of deriving. afleiding إشْتِقاق получаване derivação odvozování die Herleitung udledning; udvinding παραγωγήderivación tuletus اشتقاق؛ ریشه گیری johtaminen dérivationגזירה शब्द साधन deriviranje, izvođenje (le)származtatás pengambilan afleiðsla derivazione 派生 유도 su(si)darymas izcelšanās pemperolehan het afleiden avledning, utledning, derivasjon derywacja ريښه موندل derivação derivare словообразование odvodzovanie izpeljava izvođenje härledande, härledning กระบวนการกำเนิด türe(t)me 衍生 встановлення походження کسی منبع یا مخرج سے حاصل کرنے کا عمل thuyết tiến hoá 衍生

derivative (diˈrivətiv) adjective

derived from something else and not original. afgelei, derivatief مُشْتَق من производен derivativo odvozený, nepůvodní abgeleitet afledt; uoriginal; efterlignet κακή απομίμηση carente de originalidad, poco original tuletatud فرعی؛ مشتق شده johdannainen sans originalité נובע מדבר אחר, נגזר व्युत्पादित izveden, koji potječe od nečega leszármaztatott, képzett tidak asli, berasal dari afleiddur derivato, derivativo 派生的な 파생적인 išvestinis atvasināts berasal dari afgeleid, niet oorspronkelijk avledet, utledet pochodny مشتق، كچه، څانګه څانګه شوى derivativo derivat производный odvodený izpeljan derivat härledd, avledd ลอกแบบมาจากสิ่งอื่น türemiş 衍生的 похідний ماخوز ، مشتق phái sinh 派生的

noun

a word, substance etc formed from another word, substance etc. `Reader' is a derivative of `read'. afleiding كَلِمَه مُشْتَقَّه производна дума derivado odvozenina die Ableitung afledning; derivativ παράγωγοderivado tuletis مشتق شده؛ فرآمده johdos dérivéנגזרת संजात derivat származék(szó) kata jadian afleidd mynd orðs/hlutar/fyrirbæris derivato, derivativo 派生語 파생어 vedinys, darinys atvasinājums kata jadian derivaatavledning, derivativ pochodna, derywat اشتقاق (لكه ديوى كلمې نه دبلى derivado derivat производное слово odvodenina izpeljanka izvedena reč avledning คำที่กลายมา türev 衍生物，衍生詞 похідне слово اخز کردہ شی خصوصا مشتق لفظ từ hoặc vật phái sinh 派生词，派生物

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der·i·va·tion

n. derivación.

1. desviación, curso alterado o lateral que tiene lugar por anastomosis o por una característica anatómica natural;

2. descendencia.

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