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

Research investigating the effect of sleep derivation on more complex types of thinking has shown somewhat mixed results.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2023

The etymology of the term ‘jazz’ is hotly debated but the most likely derivation is from a non-musical nineteenth-century slang word, jasm, meaning energy, vigour or liveliness.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall