We found 31 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word derivation:
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 General (22 matching dictionaries)
- derivation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- derivation: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- derivation: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Derivation: Wiktionary [home, info]
- derivation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- derivation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- derivation: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- Derivation, derivation: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- derivation: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- derivation: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Derivation(linguistics), Derivation (abstract algebra), Derivation (algebra), Derivation (linguistics), Derivation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Derivation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- derivation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- derivation: Rhymezone [home, info]
- derivation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- derivation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- derivation: Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
- derivation: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- derivation: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- derivation: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- derivation: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- derivation: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
Art (2 matching dictionaries)
- derivation: Linguistic Glossary [home, info]
- Derivation: Lexicon of Linguistics [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- derivation: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
- derivation: online medical dictionary [home, info]
Science (5 matching dictionaries)
- Derivation: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
- Derivation: A Glossary of Mathematical Terms [home, info]
- Derivation: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics [home, info]
- derivation: PlanetMath Encyclopedia [home, info]
- derivation: FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy [home, info]
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Quick definitions (derivation)
▸ noun: drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
▸ noun: drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
▸ noun: a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
▸ noun: the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) ("He prefers shoes of Italian derivation")
▸ noun: (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
▸ noun: (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
▸ noun: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
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