Meaning : The source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues).
Example :
He prefers shoes of Italian derivation.
Music of Turkish derivation.
Meaning : (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase.
Synonyms : deriving, etymologizing
Meaning : A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions.
Meaning : (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation.
Example :
`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations.
Meaning : Drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body.
Meaning : Drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation.
Meaning : The act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin.