derivation

Meanings

Plural: derivations

Noun

• the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
  • "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
  • "music of Turkish derivation"
• (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
• a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
• (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"
• inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
• drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
• drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
• the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
• 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.
• The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).
• 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; the result of a deduction.
• The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
• The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
• A formal proof: a sequence of statements, each of which is logically entailed by those preceding (with respect to some collection of rules of inference), the initial statements being taken as axioms.
• The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.
• An algebraic generalization of the derivative operator (from its natural setting in the ring of real-valued functions) to a general associative algebra over a field. Formally, (given an algebra A over a field K) a K-linear endomorphism that satisfies Leibnitz's Law.
• An algebraic generalization of the derivative operator (from its natural setting in the ring of real-valued functions) to a general associative algebra over a field. Formally, (given an algebra A over a field K) a K-linear endomorphism that satisfies Leibnitz's Law.
• Any of several generalizations of this notion: a Hasse–Schmidt derivation, a graded derivation, etc.
• A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Synonyms

ancestry, deriving, etymologizing, filiation, lineage

Related Words

derivative, derive, derived