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# derivation

noun (a derivation, derivations)

«derivation» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The derivation of a word is where it comes from and how it was made, for example from Latin or from another English word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/#m1)
2. (maths) A derivation is a step-by-step working that shows how a formula or answer is reached. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/#m2)
3. (formal) Derivation is getting something from a source, like getting a product from a plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/#m3)

### In the lessons

In English lessons it is about word origins (etymology) and making new words with prefixes and suffixes: «happiness» is derived from «happy». In maths and science, a derivation shows how a rule is worked out from other rules. It tells the reader where something comes from. Phrases: «of Latin derivation», «the derivation of a formula».

### Examples

- The derivation of «tele» is a Greek word meaning «far». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/#x1)
- «Unkind» is a derivation from «kind». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/#x2)
- The word «sandwich» has an interesting derivation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/#x3)
- Show the derivation of the area formula. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/#x4)
- The teacher wrote the derivation on the board step by step. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/#x5)
- Many English words are of French derivation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/#x6)
- The derivation of rubber from trees takes a lot of work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a derivation, derivations. Verb: derive (derive from); adjective: derivative, derived. In grammar, derivation (making new words: kind → kindness) is different from inflection (changing the form of the same word: kind → kinder). «Etymology» is the study of word origins.

## In Jewish tradition

In English lessons it is about word origins (etymology) and making new words with prefixes and suffixes: «happiness» is derived from «happy». In maths and science, a derivation shows how a rule is worked out from other rules. It tells the reader where something comes from. Phrases: «of Latin derivation», «the derivation of a formula».

### Examples

- Many offspring or derivations came from the latter three, as their progenitors, as it is explained afterwards in the chapter. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/derivation/#x1)

### Note

Countable: a derivation, derivations. Verb: derive (derive from); adjective: derivative, derived. In grammar, derivation (making new words: kind → kindness) is different from inflection (changing the form of the same word: kind → kinder). «Etymology» is the study of word origins.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «derivation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/derivation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «derivation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/derivation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«derivation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/derivation.html) on Mova free.