derivation

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.

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

“I found a piece of wire rope and realized it was like rope but steel — and in that sense, it was a derivation of fiber,” she says.

The word “Nyad” is a derivation of “naiad,” the water nymph from Greek mythology.

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