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Type Words
Synonyms deriving, etymologizing
Type of explanation, account
Derivation derive
Type Words
Synonyms ancestry, filiation, lineage
Type of hereditary pattern, inheritance
Has types extraction, descent, bloodline, origin, pedigree
Derivation derive
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Type of inference, illation
Derivation derive
Type Words
Type of linguistic process
Has types eponymy
Derivation derive


`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations.
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Type of drawing off, drawing
Type Words
Type of drawing, drawing off
Type Words
Type of human action, deed, act, human activity
Type Words
Type of source, root, origin, beginning, rootage
Derivation derive


he prefers shoes of Italian derivation.
music of Turkish derivation.

Examples of derivation

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For a mathematical formulation see Mathematical derivation of fictitious forces.
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I had dared that I would not like to get so confused apropos to this derivation.
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This idea is often repeated but no firm evidence of this derivation has emerged.
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Below, we sketch out the derivation of the Lagrange equations of the second kind.
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In this case, it's not wanting to be called the g-word or any derivation of it.
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The derivation of a sentence by a grammar can be depicted as a derivation tree.
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Its derivation is just the composition of two uses of the successor rule above.
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He validated the models using data from patients not included in their derivation.
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The term doesn't derive from anyone's name, nor does it have any known derivation.
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  • The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"
  • Deriving: (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"
  • Ancestry: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  • Drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
  • In abstract algebra, a derivation is a function on an algebra which generalizes certain features of the derivative operator. ...
  • In linguistics, derivation is "Used to form new words, as with happi-ness and un-happy from happy, or determination from determine. ...
  • A formal proof or derivation is a finite sequence of sentences (called well-formed formulas in the case of a formal language) each of which is an axiom or follows from the preceding sentences in the sequence by a rule of inference. ...