Derivation

Quick meaning: Derivation is a noun meaning A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

Meaning

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

More Meanings

1. (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).
2. (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
3. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
4. That from which a thing is derived.
5. That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction.
6. The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root

There were also letters to scientists and other scholars, pages of derivations of mathematics and physics formulae, and copious writings on alchemy and religion.

Word Forms

• derivations

Synonyms for derivation

Depending on context, synonyms include lineage, filiation, ancestry, deriving, etymologizing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include filiation, ancestry, lineage, deriving, etymologizing, drift.

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