English Dictionary

derive

/dəˈɹaɪv/

verb

(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else. / (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning. / (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).

Scientists derive new theories from their research.

意味（1）

(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.

Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.

意味（2）

(transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.

意味（3）

(transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).

意味（4）

(transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To originate or stem (from).

As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.

意味（6）

To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.

Book 33

Book 33 For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.