derivation

der·i·va·tion

D0151100 (dĕr′ə-vā′shən)n.1. a. The act or process of deriving.b. The state or fact of being derived; origination: a custom of recent derivation.c. Something derived; a derivative.2. The form or source from which something is derived; an origin.3. Linguistics a. The historical origin and development of a word; an etymology.b. The process by which words are formed from existing words or bases by adding affixes, as singer from sing or undo from do, by changing the shape of the word or base, as song from sing, or by adding an affix and changing the pronunciation of the word or base, as electricity from electric.c. In generative linguistics, the generation of a linguistic structure through an ordered or partially ordered series of operations on other structures, such as the creation of a surface structure from a deep structure, or of a complex word from its morphological components.d. The formal description of the process of such generation.4. Logic & Mathematics A logical or mathematical process indicating through a sequence of statements that a result such as a theorem or a formula necessarily follows from the initial assumptions.

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der′i·va′tion·al adj.

derivation

(ˌdɛrɪˈveɪʃən) n1. the act of deriving or state of being derived2. (Linguistics) the source, origin, or descent of something, such as a word3. something derived; a derivative4. (Mathematics) a. the process of deducing a mathematical theorem, formula, etc, as a necessary consequence of a set of accepted statementsb. this sequence of statementsc. the operation of finding a derivative ˌderiˈvational adj

der•i•va•tion

(ˌdɛr əˈveɪ ʃən)

n. 1. the act of deriving or the state of being derived. 2. source; origin. 3. something derived. 4. development of a mathematical theorem. 5. a. the process of adding affixes to or changing a base, thereby forming a word that may undergo further inflection or participate in different syntactic constructions, as in forming service from serve, song from sing, or hardness from hard (contrasted with inflection). b. the systematic description of such processes in a language. [1375–1425; < Latin] der`i•va′tion•al, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	derivation - the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"origin, source, root, rootage, beginning - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
	2.	derivation - (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrasederiving, etymologizingdiachronic linguistics, diachrony, historical linguistics - the study of linguistic change; "the synchrony and diachrony of language"explanation, account - a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"
	3.	derivation - a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositionsillation, inference - the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
	4.	derivation - (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations"descriptive linguistics - a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgmentseponymy - the derivation of a general name from that of a famous personlinguistic process - a process involved in human language
	5.	derivation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodlineancestry, filiation, lineagehereditary pattern, inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parentsdescent, extraction, origin - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"bloodline, pedigree - ancestry of a purebred animal
	6.	derivation - drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the bodydrawing off, drawing - act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well"
	7.	derivation - drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigationdrawing off, drawing - act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well"
	8.	derivation - the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or originhuman action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen

derivation

noun origin, source, basis, beginning, root, foundation, descent, ancestry, genealogy, etymology The derivation of its name is obscure.

derivation

noun1. Something derived from another:byproduct, derivative, descendant, offshoot, outgrowth, spinoff.2. A point of origination:beginning, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, origin, parent, provenance, provenience, root, rootstock, source, spring, well.

Translations

衍生词源起源

derive

(diˈraiv) verb (with from). 1. to come or develop from. The word `derives' is derived from an old French word. 派生，源於 派生，源于 2. to draw or take from (a source or origin). We derive comfort from his presence. 從某處得到 得到，（从…中）得到 ˌderiˈvation (deri-) noun1. the source or origin (of a word etc). (詞)源 （词）源 2. the process of deriving. 衍生 衍生derivative (diˈrivətiv) adjective derived from something else and not original. 衍生的 派生的 noun a word, substance etc formed from another word, substance etc. `Reader' is a derivative of `read'. 衍生物，衍生詞 派生词，派生物