noun · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˌdɛ.ɹɪˈveɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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noun
Meaning 1
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 3
The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: genealogy
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root
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Meaning 4
Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
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Meaning 5
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 6
That from which a thing is derived.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 7
That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 8
The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning 9
The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
A formal proof: a sequence of statements, each of which is logically entailed by those preceding (with respect to some collection of rules of inference), the initial statements being taken as axioms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Meaning 10
The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences
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Meaning 11
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: differential algebra
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Meaning 12
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.
Any of several generalizations of this notion: a Hasse–Schmidt derivation, a graded derivation, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: differential algebra
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Meaning 13
A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Meaning 14
the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity
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Meaning 15
drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: drawing, drawing off
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Meaning 16
drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: drawing, drawing off
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Meaning 17
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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