Part 2978

<hw>De*riv"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By derivation.</def>

<h1>Derival</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*riv"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Derivation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>derival</b> of <b>e</b> from <b>a</b>. <i>Earle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Derivate</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Der"i*vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>derivatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>derivare</ets>. See <er>Derive</er>.]</ety> <def>Derived; derivative.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> <i>H. Taylor</i>. -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A thing derived; a derivative.</def></def2> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Derivate</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Der"i*vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To derive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Huloet.</i>

<h1>Derivation</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Der`i*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>derivatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82rivation</ets>. See <er>Derive</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>T. Burnet.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that <b>derivation</b>. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; <as>as, the <ex>derivation</ex> of a word from an Aryan root</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>That from which a thing is derived.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.</def>

<blockquote>From the Euphrates into an artificial <b>derivation</b> of that river. <i>Gibbon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the <i>law of derivation</i>, as the of differentiation or of integration.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.</def>

<h1>Derivational</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>Der`i*va"tion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to derivation.</def>

<i>Earle.</i>

<h1>Derivative</h1> <Xpage=395>

<hw>De*riv"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>derivativus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82rivatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; <as>as, a <ex>derivative</ex> conveyance; a <ex>derivative</ex> word.</as></def>

<cs><col>Derivative circulation</col>, <cd>a modification of the circulation found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins without the interposition of capillaries.</cd></cs>