Definition of derivation

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Derivation (n.) The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

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Eponymy :: Eponymy (n.) The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc..
Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..
Variation :: Variation (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc..
Extraction :: Extraction (n.) Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.
Descent :: Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction..
Derivation :: Derivation (n.) 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..
Metadiscoidal :: Metadiscoidal (a.) Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta..
Conjugate :: Conjugate (a.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.
Originally :: Originally (adv.) In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation..
Derivably :: Derivably (adv.) By derivation.
Valero- :: Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid..
Conjugate :: Conjugate (n.) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification..
Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root..
Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process..
Derivation :: Derivation (n.) 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..
Derivation :: Derivation (n.) That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
Derivative :: Derivative (n.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).
Derival :: Derival (n.) Derivation.
Etymological :: Etymological (a.) Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words..
Revulsion :: Revulsion (n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation..
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