derivation
noun
[ dɛrɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of obtaining something from a source or origin.
• "the derivation of scientific laws from observation"
Similar:
deriving,
induction,
deduction,
deducing,
inferring,
inference,
gathering,
gleaning,
drawing out,
extraction,
eliciting,
eduction,
• the set of stages that link a sentence in a natural language to its underlying logical form.
• the process of deducing a new formula, theorem, etc., from previously accepted statements.
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting the drawing of a fluid, especially pus or blood; also in the sense ‘formation of a word from another word’): from Latin derivatio(n- ), from the verb derivare (see derive).
