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'''Derivation''' may refer to:
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==Language==
* [[Morphological derivation]], a word-formation process
* [[Parse tree]] or concrete syntax tree, representing a string's syntax in formal grammars

==Law==
* [[Derivative work]], in copyright law
* [[Derivation proceeding]], a proceeding in United States patent law

==Music==
* The creation of a [[derived row]], in the twelve-tone musical technique

==Science and mathematics==
* [[Derivation (differential  algebra)]], a unary function satisfying the Leibniz product law
* [[Formal proof]] 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]]

==See also==
*[[Derive (disambiguation)]], for meanings of "derive" and "derived"
*[[Derivative]], in calculus
*[[Derivative (disambiguation)]]
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