Derivation may refer to:
Language
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Morphological derivation
Morphological derivation, in linguistics, is the process of forming a new word from an existing word, often by adding a prefix or suffix, such as For example, ''unhappy'' and ''happiness'' derive from the root word ''happy.''
It is differenti ...
, a word-formation process
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Parse tree or concrete syntax tree, representing a string's syntax in formal grammars
Law
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Derivative work, in copyright law
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Derivation proceeding, a proceeding in United States patent law
Music
* The creation of a
derived row
In music using the twelve-tone technique, derivation is the construction of a row through segments. A derived row is a tone row whose entirety of twelve tones is constructed from a segment or portion of the whole, the generator. Anton Webern often ...
, in the twelve-tone musical technique
Science and mathematics
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Derivation (differential algebra), a unary function satisfying the Leibniz product law
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Formal proof
In logic and mathematics, a formal proof or derivation is a finite sequence of sentences (called well-formed formulas in the case of a formal language), each of which is an axiom, an assumption, or follows from the preceding sentences in the seq ...
or derivation, a sequence of sentences each of which is an axiom or follows from the preceding sentences in the sequence by a rule of inference
* An after-the-fact justification for an action, in the work of sociologist
Vilfredo Pareto
Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto ( , , , ; born Wilfried Fritz Pareto; 15 July 1848 – 19 August 1923) was an Italians, Italian polymath (civil engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher). He made several important ...
See also
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Derive (disambiguation), for meanings of "derive" and "derived"
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Derivative
In mathematics, the derivative of a function of a real variable measures the sensitivity to change of the function value (output value) with respect to a change in its argument (input value). Derivatives are a fundamental tool of calculus. ...
, in calculus
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Derivative (disambiguation)
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