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English Dictionary: derivation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
derivation n 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 Synonym(s): deriving, derivation, etymologizing 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 Synonym(s): ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Derivation \Der`iva"tion\, n. The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Derivation \Der`iva"tion\, n. [L. derivatio: cf. F. d[82]rivation. See {Derive}.] 1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [Obs.] --T. Burnet. 2. 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. As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. --Sir M. Hale. 3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation* of a word from an Aryan root. 4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. 5. That from which a thing is derived. 6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river. --Gibbon. 7. (Math.) 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. 8. (Med.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.