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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
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A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source
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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
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That from which a thing is derived
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that process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning
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{n} a tracing from some original
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drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
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The components or etymology of the entry For an entry such as `lu2 kur2', this will contain both `lu2' and `kur2', thus enabling the entry to be automatically listed under both lu2 and kur2 in the appropriate usage sections The elements and origins attributes consist of two parallel sequences of IDREF's, the elements IDREF's refer to the ID field of other entry articles if the corresponding origins attribute is PSD This is the primary intended use for this field in PSD Otherwise, the element IDREF will refer to an ID constructed in a list of foreign terms, and the origins IDREF will refer to the originating language Since multiple suggestions are often possible for the origin of a term, and not all are certain, the derivation field may be repeated, and also takes an attribute indicating whether the derivation is considered certain (certain="y") or questionable (certain="n")
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The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the operation of differentiation or of integration
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The act of subclassing an existing class to define a new subclass (See Inheritance)
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drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
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Word formation process in which an affix that is not an inflection is attached to a stem or base word Derivation changes the meaning of the word or its part of speech classification E g , manly produces an adjective from a noun; unmanly negates the meaning of manly
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The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source. The derivation of its name is obscure = origin. the origin of something, especially a word
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(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
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{i} source, origin; something that has been derived; act of deriving; (Grammar) process of making new words from a root word (ex: "painting from the word "paint")
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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 A linguistic description of the process of word formation
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comes or issues; "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
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drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions the source from which something derives i
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comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation" (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
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A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process
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the source from which something derives (i e comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"
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The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root
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(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
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A statement derived from other knowledge in the business (4)
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is the process of adding a morpheme to a base by which the meaning and/or wordclass of the base changes
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Mechanism to establish an inheritance principle
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The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word
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That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction
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The definition of a new type in terms of an existing one
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A derivation of a sentence of a grammar is, in effect, a proof that the sentence can be derived from the start symbol of the grammar using the grammar rules and a rewriting process For example, given the grammar 1 S -> NP VP, 2 NP -> ART N, 3 VP -> V, and lexical rules 4 ART -> "the", 5 N -> "cat", and 6 V -> "miaowed", we can derive the sentence "the cat miaowed" as follows: S=>NP VPrule 1 =>ART N VPrule 2 =>the N VPrule 4 =>the cat VPrule 5 =>the cat Vrule 3 =>the cat miaowedrule 6 One can then write S =>* "the cat miaowed": i e =>* is the symbol for the derivation relation The symbol => is referred to as direct derivation
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a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
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The process of making a new class based on an already existing class The only way to use an abstract class is to make a derivative concrete class
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in this process affixes and the basic form are combined to create new words à un - known
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The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root
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The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted
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A finite, non-empty sequence of wffs in which the last member is the wff derived, and each of the others (the premises) is either an axiom, a member of a set of accepted premises, or the result of applying a rule of inference to wffs preceding it in the sequence See corresponding argument; proof Notation: A (the wff A can be derived from the set of wffs )
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inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
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Is the construction of a specific parse tree for a sentence or that parse tree itself
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