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afledning — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • derivation noun A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
  • derivative adj Copying or imitating someone else's work rather than being original.
  • distraction noun Something that pulls your attention away from what you should be doing.
  • diversion noun Something done to distract attention from what is really happening.

Senses

afledning is used for these senses in English:

  • derivation (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
  • derivation That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction.
  • distraction Something that distracts.
  • diversion (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
  • diversion The act of diverting.
  • diversion Removal of water via a canal.

derivation — full definition

  1. noun A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).
  4. noun Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.

derivative — full definition

  1. adj Copying or imitating someone else's work rather than being original.
  2. noun A financial contract whose value is based on an underlying asset, such as a stock or commodity.
  3. noun In mathematics, a measure of how a function's output changes as its input changes; the rate of change or slope.

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