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derivation
  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. (grammar) The act of tracing origin or descent.
  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.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “Einstein's original derivation of mass-energy equivalence is the best known in this group.”
      “The artisan's paintbrush strokes, marked with vibrant colors, were a beautiful derivation of her mesmerizing masterpiece.”
      “The process of word derivation involves analyzing the historical development and linguistic structure of a language to understand how words are formed.”
derivative
  1. Something derived.
  2. (linguistics) A word that derives from another one.
  3. (finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
  4. (chemistry) A chemical derived from another.
  5. (calculus) The derived function of a function (the slope at a certain point on some curve
  6. (calculus) The value of this function for a given value of its independent variable.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “This is a derivative of the original jug that was first issued in 1938.”
derivedness
  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being derived; derivativity.
  2. (countable) A derived characteristic; a derivation.
derivativity
  1. The state or quality of being derivative; derivative nature.
derivement
  1. (obsolete) That which is derived; deduction; inference.
derivate
derivativeness
  1. The state or quality of being derivative.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Some critics read her free embrace of derivativeness as evidence that she is a slave to market forces and a popular taste she did not create.”
      “If there is evidence of frailty, it is in the provisional derivativeness by which young artists latch on to evolving ideas of the day.”
      “In the new worldwide salon, derivativeness is a virtue, indicating fealty to approved conventions.”
derivability
  1. The condition of being derivable
deriver
  1. Something that derives.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Wishing anonymity, a deriver said dozens of kidnappings and robbery cases were taking place almost on daily basis.”
      “Since independent energy districts are designed to operate for many years, they can deriver significant cost savings for an extended period.”
derival
derivabilities
  1. plural of derivability
derivednesses
  1. plural of derivedness
derivatives
  1. plural of derivative
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “For years, people afflicted with the itchy skin condition used stinky coal tar derivatives to alleviate their symptoms.”
      “In addition, chemically reactive derivatives of ppGpp have been synthesized and used for cross-linking experiments.”
      “Some varieties of derivatives have irreversibly changed the behavior of the underlying financial markets on which they are based.”
derivements
  1. plural of derivement
derivations
  1. plural of derivation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In addition, trainees will be expected to know the official etymology, derivations, connotations and denotations of the term.”
      “Mathematical derivations and other difficult or detailed materials are often consigned to appendices.”
      “Their derivations will extend to cover the present cases, given the same approximations made above.”
derivates
  1. plural of derivate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Another promising approach is the use of butyric acid derivates such as 4-phenylbutyrate.”
      “With a sufficient number of distinct line-cross derivates, increasingly complicated models of gene interaction can be tested.”
      “This story caught the attention of several drug companies, who are testing pain-killers based on nicotine derivates.”
derivals
  1. plural of derival
derivers
  1. plural of deriver
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