What is the operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration called?
derivation — (Math.) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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