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Derivation :: Derivation (n.) 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..

Paronymous :: Paronymous (a.) Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction..

Metadiscoidal :: Metadiscoidal (a.) Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) 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..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.

Eponymy :: Eponymy (n.) The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

Originally :: Originally (adv.) In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation..

Radical :: Radical (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form..

Derivative :: Derivative (n.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).

Derivational :: Derivational (a.) Relating to derivation.

Derival :: Derival (n.) Derivation.

Variation :: Variation (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..

Conjugate :: Conjugate (a.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) That from which a thing is derived.

Traduction :: Traduction (n.) Derivation by descent; propagation.

Valero- :: Valero- () A combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid..

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