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Word: Derivation
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting the drawing of a fluid, especially pus or blood; also in the sense ‘formation of a word from another word’): from Latin derivatio(n-), from the verb derivare (see derive)
ˌdɛrɪˈveɪʃn
the action of obtaining something from a source or origin
Short Definition:action of deriving something from source
Examples:- the derivation of scientific laws from observation
the set of stages that link a sentence in a natural language to its underlying logical form.
Short Definition:stages linking sentence to underlying form
the process of deducing a new formula, theorem, etc., from previously accepted statements.
Short Definition:process of deducing formula from accepted statements
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