Defn: A thing derived; a derivative. [R.]
DERIVATE
Der"i*vate, v. t.
Defn: To derive. [Obs.] Huloet.
DERIVATION
Der`i*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. derivatio: cf. F. dérivation. See
Derive.]
1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [Obs.] T. Burnet.
2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence. As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. Sir M. Hale.
3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.
4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
5. That from which a thing is derived.
6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river. Gibbon.