derivation

  • 21DÉRIVATION — s. f. Action de dériver des eaux. Canal de dérivation.   Il signifie également, en Médecine, L action de détourner une irritation, une cause morbide, de l attirer d une partie vers une autre où ses effets sont moins dangereux. Appliquer un… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 22derivation — derivational, adj. derivationally, adv. /der euh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or fact of deriving or of being derived. 2. the process of deriving. 3. the source from which something is derived; origin. 4. something that is or has been derived;… …

    Universalium

  • 23derivation — [[t]de̱rɪve͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] derivations N VAR: oft N of n, of adj N The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source. The derivation of its name is obscure... The word is of old French derivation …

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  • 24derivation — UK [ˌderɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms derivation : singular derivation plural derivations 1) [countable/uncountable] the origin of something a) [countable/uncountable] the origin of a word b) [countable] a word that comes from another language …

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  • 25Derivation — Ableitung; Suffigierung (fachsprachlich) * * * De|ri|va|ti|on 〈[ va ] f. 20〉 1. 〈Gramm.〉 Ableitung, Bildung neuer Wörter aus einem Ursprungswort, z. B. Bau bauen; → Lexikon der Sprachlehre 2. 〈Mil.〉 seitliche Abweichung eines Geschosses von der… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 26derivation — noun 1) the derivation of theories from empirical observation Syn: deriving, induction, deduction, inference; extraction, eliciting 2) the derivation of a word Syn: origin, etymology, root, etymon, provenance …

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  • 27derivation —  Ex.: La demobilisation a ete repoussee pour le bien du pays.   La derivation est une notion de vocabulaire. Il s agit d un procede de creation de nouveaux mots a l aide d affixes ajoutes a des mots existant deja dans la langue. On appelle… …

    Glossaire de linguistique computationnelle

  • 28dérivation — šuntavimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. bridging; shunting vok. Nebenschlußbildung, f; Nebenschlußschaltung, f; Shunten, n rus. шунтирование, n pranc. connexion en dérivation, f; dérivation, f; shuntage, m …

    Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • 29derivation — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) (2) an act of ascertaining or stating the derivation of a word (3) etymology 1 b. the relation of a wo …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 30derivation — der|i|va|tion [ ,derı veıʃn ] noun 1. ) count or uncount the origin of something a ) count or uncount the origin of a word: ETYMOLOGY b ) count a word that comes from another language: The name of the town is a French derivation. 2. ) uncount… …

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