derivation
Signification (English)
- 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; a deduction.
- The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
- 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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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˌdɛ.ɹɪˈveɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin dērīvātiō, dērīvātiōnem. Morphologically derive + -ation
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