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- Dictionaryde·rive/dəˈrīv/
verb
- 1. obtain something from (a specified source): "they derived great comfort from this assurance" Similar obtaingettakegainacquireprocureextractattainglean
- ▪ base a concept on a logical extension or modification of (another concept): "Eliot derived his poetics from the French Symbolists"
- ▪ (of a word) have (a specified word, usually of another language) as a root or origin: "the word “punch” derives from the Hindustani “pancha”" Similar originate inhave its origins inhave as a sourcearise instemdescendspringbe takenbe gotOpposite give rise to
- ▪ arise from or originate in (a specified source): "words whose spelling derives from Dr. Johnson's incorrect etymology" Similar originate inhave its origin inbe rooted inbe traceable tostemproceedflowpourspringemanateissueensuedescendcome
- ▪ (of an expression in a natural language) be linked by a set of stages to (its underlying abstract form).
- ▪ (of a substance) be formed or prepared by (a chemical or physical process affecting another substance): "strong acids are derived from the combustion of fossil fuels"
- ▪ obtain (a function or equation) from another by a sequence of logical steps, for example by differentiation: "the volume fraction of the soil can then be derived as a function of L"
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘draw a fluid through or into a channel’): from Old French deriver or Latin derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’.
Derivatives
- 1. derivable adjective
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