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    [ˌderɪ'veɪʃ(ə)n]
    сущ.
    1)
    а) происхождение, источник, начало

    Why hast (= have) thou (= you) asked my derivation? — Почему ты спросил меня о моём происхождении?

    Syn:
    б) производное явление, продукт; ответвление

    the Nicolaitans, who were a derivation from the Gnostics — николаиты были ответвлением гностиков

    Syn:
    derivative 2. 1)
    2) лингв.
    а) словопроизводство, словообразование, деривация

    Other derivations proposed by him are far more absurd than this. — Другие модели образования этого слова, предложенные им, гораздо более абсурдны, чем эта.

    3) мат. взятие производной
    4) лог. вывод; следствие
    Syn:
    5) гидр. отвод, отведение ( воды из одного канала в другой)
    6) эл. ответвление, шунт
    7) мед. отвод, отток крови ( из одних сосудов в другие); кровопускание
    8) воен. отклонение снаряда от нормальной траектории; уход пули вправо, правый уклон (возникающий из-за того, что в нарезном оружии пуля закручивается вправо)
    9) редк. эволюция; теория эволюции
    Syn:
    10) муз. устройство орга́на, при котором какие-л. несколько регистров питаются воздухом от одного источника

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