derision | (noun) the act of deriding or treating with contempt | Synonyms: ridicule |
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(noun) contemptuous laughter | - |
derivation | (noun) the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin | - |
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(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) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | Synonyms: ancestry, filiation, lineage |
(noun) a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions | - |
(noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | Synonyms: deriving, etymologizing |
(noun) the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) | - |
(noun) (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation | - |
derivative | (noun) the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx | Synonyms: derived function, differential, differential coefficient, first derivative |
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(noun) (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word | - |
(noun) a financial instrument whose value is based on another security | Synonyms: derivative instrument |
(noun) a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound | - |
deriving | (noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase | Synonyms: derivation, etymologizing |
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