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Noun derivation has 7 senses
- derivation - the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
--1 is a kind of beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
- deriving, derivation, etymologizing - (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
--2 is a kind of explanation, account
- derivation - a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
--3 is a kind of inference, illation
- derivation - (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
--4 is a kind of linguistic process
- ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
--5 is a kind of inheritance, hereditary pattern
--5 has particulars:
- derivation - drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
--6 is a kind of drawing, drawing off
- derivation - drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
--7 is a kind of drawing, drawing off
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