derivation
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Synonyms: deprivation, privation, deviation, dedication, derogation, decimation, depravation, derivative, depilation, delibation, devitation
Antonyms: deprivation, privation, deviation, dedication, derogation, decimation, depravation, derivative, depilation, delibation, devitation
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- A [[leading]] or [[drawing]] off of [[water]] from a [[stream]] or [[source]].
- 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]].
- {{lb|en|genealogy|linguistics}} The act of [[tracing]] [[origin]] or [[descent]]; an instance thereof (for example, an [[etymology#English:_Q131684213|etymology]]).
- {{lb|en|grammar}} Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
- The state or [[method]] of being [[derived]]; the [[relation]] of [[origin]] when [[established]] or [[asserted]].
- That from which a thing is [[derived]].
- That which is [[derived]]; a [[derivative]]; the result of a [[deduction]].
- The process of [[derive|deriving]] one thing from another, especially in [[logic]]; a [[deduction]].
- {{lb|en|mathematics|calculus}} The process of [[application]] of the [[derivative]] [[operator]] to a [[function]], yielding another function called the [[derived function]] of the first.
- {{lb|en|mathematics|{{w|differential algebra}}}} 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 <math>A</math> over a field <math>K</math>'') a <math>K</math>-linear [[endomorphism]] that satisfies {{w|Product_rule#Derivations_in_abstract_algebra_and_differential_geometry|Leibnitz's Law}}.
- {{lb|en|medicine|historical}} A [[drawing]] of [[humors]] or [[fluids]] from one part of the [[body]] to [[another]], to [[relieve]] or [[lessen]] a [[morbid]] [[process]].
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