DERIVATION
\dˌɛɹɪvˈe͡ɪʃən], \dˌɛɹɪvˈeɪʃən], \d_ˌɛ_ɹ_ɪ_v_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DERIVATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
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drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
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a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
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the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
By Princeton University
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(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
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drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
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a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
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the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
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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.
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The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.
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The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
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That from which a thing is derived.
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That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
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The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.
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A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
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The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.
By Oddity Software
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A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
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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.
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The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.
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The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
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That from which a thing is derived.
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That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
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The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.
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A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
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The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of obtaining, or the condition of being obtained, from a definite source; the process of tracing a word from its original source; evolution; deduction; the source from which something is drawn.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of de riving: a drawing off or from: the tracing of a word to its original root: that which is derived.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Derivatio, Deflectio, Parocheteusis, Antilepsis, Antispasis, Revulsion, Cura derivativa seu revulsoria, from derivare, derivatum, (de, and rivua, 'a river,') 'to turn water from its regular course.' When a 'centre of fluxion' is established in a part, for the purpose of abstracting the excited vital manifestations from some other, a derivation is operated. The term Derivation has likewise been applied to the suction power of the heart -a presumed agency in the circulation of the blood.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A drawing away or diversion of fluids from one part of the body to another, by irritating the sensory nerves or exciting turgescence in the latter.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. The act of drawing or deducing from;—act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, truth from testimony, conclusions or opinions from evidence;—act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy;- state or method of being derived;—that which is derived; a derivative; a deduction;—a drawing of humours from one part of the body to another.
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