Derive

de-nv', v. t. [-k:\ed (-rlvd'), -hiving.] receive, as from a source, obtain by transmi ion to trace the origin, descent, or derivation of, recognize transmi ion of. deduce, infer, draw. — v. flow, proceed, be deduced. — Deriv'able, a. pable of being, etc.; transmi ible; inferable. Derivation, a. Act of procuring an effect from cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, truth from testimony, conclusions or opinions evidence; act of tracing origin, as in grammar genealogy; state or method of being derived; derived; derivative; deduction. (Math.) Operation of deducing one function from another according some fixed law. (Med.) A drawing of humors one part of the body to another.— Deriv'ative, -rTv'a-tiv, a. Obtained by derivation: secondary.— n. thing obtained, or deduced, from another. (Gram.) A word formed from another word. (Mus.) chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion. (Med.) That adapted to produce derivation. (Math.) A function expre ing the lati on between two consecutive states of a varying function. — Derivatively, adv.