English Dictionary

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Source : opted (41566)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (41567)  - auto

The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.
Source : opted (41568)  - auto

The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
Source : opted (41569)  - auto

That from which a thing is derived.
Source : opted (41570)  - auto

That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
Source : opted (41571)  - auto

The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.
Source : opted (41572)  - auto

A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
Source : opted (41573)  - auto

The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.
Source : opted (177731)  - auto