derivation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: calculus
grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin dērīvātiō, dērīvātiōnem. Morphologically derive + -ation.
Base: derive
Affixes: -ation
Inflected forms:
form: derivations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root
gloss: Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That from which a thing is derived.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There were also letters to scientists and other scholars, pages of derivations of mathematics and physics formulae, and copious writings on alchemy and religion.
gloss: The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An algebraic generalization of the derivative operator (from its natural setting in the ring of real-valued functions) to a general associative algebra over a field. Formally, (given an algebra A over a field K) a K-linear endomorphism that satisfies Leibnitz's Law.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An algebraic generalization of the derivative operator (from its natural setting in the ring of real-valued functions) to a general associative algebra over a field. Formally, (given an algebra A over a field K) a K-linear endomorphism that satisfies Leibnitz's Law.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
Related words: derive
derived
derivative
Derived words: biderivation
derivational
derivationism
derivationist
derivation tree
misderivation
quasiderivation
rederivation
subderivation
superderivation
zero derivation
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: диференциране
roman: diferencirane
lang: Czech
word: derivace
lang: Dutch
word: afleiding
lang: Finnish
word: johtaminen
lang: Georgian
word: გაწარმოება
roman: gac̣armoeba
lang: German
word: Derivation
lang: Hungarian
word: deriválás
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: derivasjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: derivasjon
lang: Romanian
word: derivare
lang: Slovak
word: derivácia
lang: Spanish
word: derivada
lang: Spanish
word: derivación
lang: Swedish
word: derivering
lang: Swedish
word: härledning