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A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. examples
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
(genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent. examples
(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it. examples
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. examples
That from which a thing is derived. examples
That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. examples
(mathematics) 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
(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. examples