derivation

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“Puberty adds strength that prepubescence does not. And since the derivation of it was ‘100 men versus a gorilla’ ...

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

Now, Vijay Balasubramanian, a gravitational theorist at the University of Pennsylvania, and colleagues say they have come up with a derivation that works for realistic black holes.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 28, 2024

Moreover, the derivation of the organizational name was, and remains, elusive.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Because of the derivation of the term and because it literally meant "split," people decided schizophrenia meant split personality.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2023

I knew not his word, and hesitated; he, perceiving my fault, explained its meaning and derivation while my mother begged for water.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson