derivation
Nouns
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(n) the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
- he prefers shoes of Italian derivation
- music of Turkish derivation
- (n) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase deriving, etymologizing,
- (n) a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
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(n) (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
- (n) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline ancestry, filiation, lineage,
- (n) drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
- (n) drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
- (n) the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin