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derivation   (TTS Sound)

The noun derivation has 8 senses

• derivation -- (the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation")


• deriving, derivation, etymologizing -- ((historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase)


• derivation -- (a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions)


• derivation -- ((descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations")


• ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation -- (inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline)


• derivation -- (drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body)


• derivation -- (drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation)


• derivation -- (the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin)