Derivation

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Derivation may refer to:

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Law[edit]

Music[edit]

  • The creation of a derived row, in the twelve-tone musical technique

Science and mathematics[edit]

  • 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

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