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English

Noun

fluids

1. plural of fluid

Anagrams

• sulfid

Catalan

Adjective

fluids

1. masculine plural of fluid

Noun

fluids

1. plural of fluid

English

Etymology

From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin d?r?v?ti?, d?r?v?ti?nem.Morphologically derive +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.???ve?.?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

derivation (countable and uncountable, plural derivations)

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
2. 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.
3. (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.

4. (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
5. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
6. That from which a thing is derived.
7. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
8. (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.
9. (medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derived terms

• derivational
• derivation tree
• zero derivation

Related terms

• derive
• derived
• derivative

Translations

Further reading

• derivation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

See also

• derivation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ordinative

Danish

Noun

derivation c (singular definite derivationen, plural indefinite derivationer)

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Declension

Further reading

• “derivation” in Den Danske Ordbog