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derivation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌdɛ.ɹɪˈveɪ.ʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin dērīvātiō, dērīvātiōnem. Morphologically derive + -ation.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, qualifier:genealogy, uncountable) The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).
    • the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root
  4. (countable, uncountable) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
  6. (countable, uncountable) That from which a thing is derived.
  7. (countable, uncountable) That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction.
    • There were also letters to scientists and other scholars, pages of derivations of mathematics and physics formulae, and copious writings on alchemy and religion. 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025:
  8. (countable, uncountable) The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
  9. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  10. (countable, uncountable) The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.
  11. (countable, qualifier:differential algebra, uncountable) 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.
  12. (countable, qualifier:differential algebra, uncountable) 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.
  13. (countable, historical, uncountable) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Forms

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Deriveds

derivationism · subderivation · misderivation · derivational · derivation tree · quasiderivation · biderivation · rederivation · superderivation · zero derivation · derivationist

Relateds

derivative · derived · derive

Translations (86)

es derivación (math: operation of deducing) · bg деривация (leading or drawing off of water) · sq ndajshtesim (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · sv avledning (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · pl derywacja (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · sv derivering (math: operation of deducing) · sv avledning (leading or drawing off of water) · nb avledning (that which is derived) · hu deriválás (math: operation of deducing) · ru происхожде́ние (act of tracing origin or descent) · nn derivasjon (math: operation of deducing) · ka სიტყვაწარმოქმნა (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · sk derivácia (math: operation of deducing) · bg етимология (act of tracing origin or descent) · hu szóképzés (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · nb derivasjon (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · hu kiindulás (that from which sthg is derived) · de Derivation (math: operation of deducing) · nn avleiing (that which is derived) · hu származtatás (act of receiving anything from a source) · da afledning (that which is derived) · fi juoksutus (leading or drawing off of water) · vec derivasion (act of tracing origin or descent) · it deviazione (leading or drawing off of water) · hu származtatás (act of tracing origin or descent) · it derivazione (act of receiving anything from a source) · ka წარმოქმნა (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · ro derivație (leading or drawing off of water) · nb derivasjon (math: operation of deducing) · bg извеждане (act of receiving anything from a source) · eo derivado (act of tracing origin or descent) · hu eredet (that from which sthg is derived) · fi johtaminen (math: operation of deducing) · bg диференциране (math: operation of deducing) · de Ableitung (act of tracing origin or descent) · cmn 派生 (act of tracing origin or descent) · nb avleiing (act of tracing origin or descent) · az törəmə (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · mi takenga (act of tracing origin or descent) · fi johtaminen (act of receiving anything from a source) · de Herleiten (act of tracing origin or descent) · mn гарал үүсэл (act of tracing origin or descent) · it etimologia (act of tracing origin or descent) · sv avledning (act of tracing origin or descent) · nb avledning (act of tracing origin or descent) · sv avledning (that which is derived) · nn derivasjon (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · de Herleitung (act of tracing origin or descent) · da afledning (act of tracing origin or descent) · da derivation (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · cs derivace (math: operation of deducing) · nn avleiing (act of tracing origin or descent) · hu képzés (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · az derivativ (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · ka სიტყვაწარმოება (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · pl derywacja (that which is derived) · sv härledning (act of tracing origin or descent) · hu származék (that which is derived) · mi takenga (that which is derived) · nb avleiing (that which is derived) · nb avleiing (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · nl afleiding (math: operation of deducing) · nl afleiding (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · hu kinyerés (act of receiving anything from a source) · ka დერივაცია (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · fi kanta (that from which sthg is derived) · da derivat (that which is derived) · ka გაწარმოება (math: operation of deducing) · nl derivatie (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · ka წარმოება (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · hu deriváció (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · ro derivare (math: operation of deducing) · es derivada (math: operation of deducing) · nb avledning (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · ca derivació (act of tracing origin or descent) · fi johtaminen (act of tracing origin or descent) · cs odvození (act of receiving anything from a source) · sv härledning (math: operation of deducing) · es derivación (act of tracing origin or descent) · fi johdos (that which is derived) · ja 派生 (act of tracing origin or descent) · nn avleiing (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it) · da afledning (that from which sthg is derived) · fi johto-oppi (state or method of being derived) · fi johtaminen (state or method of being derived) · da afledning (forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it)