

derivation
/ΛdΙ.ΙΉΙͺΛveΙͺ.Κ(Ι)n/

noun
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.





noun
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
"The derivation of the family name "Smith" is traced to the occupation of blacksmith. "







noun
The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.

