| derivation | drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation |
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| derivation | drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body |
| derivation | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline |
| derivation | a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions |
| derivation | (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase |
| derivation | the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) |
| derivation | (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing' |
| derivation | characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base |
| derivation | the part of grammar that deals with the derivations of words |