Derivation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒdɛɹɪˈveɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Middle French dérivation, from Latin derivatio.

Full definition of derivation

Noun

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
2. 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.
3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root.
4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
5. That from which a thing is derived.
6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
7. (mathematics) 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.
8. (medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derived terms

• derivation tree

Related terms

• derive
• derived
• derivative