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Depolarize
- verb - eliminate the polarization of
Depuration
- - The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound.
Depurative
- - Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory. -- n. A depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative.
Depuratory
- - Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
Deputation
- noun - a group of representatives or delegates
- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
Derivation
- noun - (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations"
- (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
- a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
- drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
- drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
- the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"
Derivative
- adjective - (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'"
- a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound
- a financial instrument whose value is based on another security
- resulting from or employing derivation; "a derivative process"; "a highly derivative prose style"
- the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
Derivatize
- - to alter the chemical composition [of a compound] by a chemical reaction which changes some part of the molecule, leaving most of the molecule unchanged; to prepare a derivative{6} from.
Derogately
- - In a derogatory manner.
Derogating
- verb - cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"