noun Download 🔗Share A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. Examples : "The government carefully regulates the derivations of water from the river to ensure enough remains for the ecosystem downstream. " utility agriculture environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The teacher explained the derivations of the mathematical formula, showing how it was built step-by-step from simpler equations. " outcome process business philosophy science economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (genealogy) The act of tracing origin or descent. Examples : "the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root" family history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it. Examples : "The grammar lesson covered the derivations of words like "unhappy" and "writer" from their base forms, "happy" and "write," respectively. " grammar language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. Examples : "Sentence: "The math teacher asked us to show all the derivations of our answers, so she could understand where our solutions came from." " language linguistics word grammar history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That from which a thing is derived. Examples : "Many words in English have Latin and Greek derivations, making it easier to understand their meanings if you know those ancient languages. " language word linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. Examples : "The student showed all the mathematical derivations in her homework to get full credit. " language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : ""In calculus class, we learned the derivations of various formulas to understand how they relate to each other." " math science technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. Examples : "The old medical textbooks described bloodletting as a series of derivations, aiming to draw the illness away from the affected area of the body. " medicine body physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
