The word "derivation" refers to the act or process of getting something, such as a word or a concept, from another source or origin. It is about tracing the steps or origins of something to understand how it came to be.
From the subjective point of view, there is a sense of derivation of elements of experience from beyond themselves. (religion-online.org)
This sense of derivation from bodily events, Whitehead reminds us, finds full corroboration in modern physiology. (religion-online.org)
Based upon reports that mouse NPCs could be converted to the pluripotent state with higher efficiency than fully differentiated somatic cells [19] or with fewer reprogramming factors [13], [14], [15], we utilized NPCs as recipient cells to test the feasibility of using HFF cells in derivation of iPS. (journals.plos.org)