derivation vs fountain

derivation

noun
  • A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. 

  • The act of tracing origin or descent. 

  • 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. 

  • That from which a thing is derived. 

  • That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction. 

  • The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted. 

  • Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it. 

  • The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration. 

  • A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process. 

fountain

noun
  • A reservoir from which liquid can be drawn. 

  • An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure. 

  • A natural source of water; a spring. 

  • A source or origin of a flow (e.g., of favors or knowledge). 

  • A juggling pattern typically done with an even number of props where each prop is caught by the same hand that throws it. 

  • A roundel barry wavy argent and azure. 

  • A ground-based firework that projects sparks similar to a water fountain. 

  • Anything that resembles a fountain in operation. 

  • The structure from which an artificial fountain can issue. 

  • A drink poured from a soda fountain, or the cup it is poured into. 

  • A soda fountain. 

verb
  • To flow or gush as if from a fountain. 

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