DERIVATION


Meaning of DERIVATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌder-ə-ˈvā-shən, ˌde-rə- ]

noun

Date: 15th century

1.

a.

(1) : the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)

(2) : an act of ascertaining or stating the derivation of a word

(3) : etymology 1

b. : the relation of a word to its base

2.

a. : source , origin

b. : descent , origination

3. : something derived : derivative

4. : an act or process of deriving

5. : a sequence of statements (as in logic or mathematics) showing that a result is a necessary consequence of previously accepted statements

• der·i·va·tion·al -shnəl, -shə-n ə l adjective

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