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  • verb mathematics, physics To derive again, especially by using a different method

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re- +‎ derive

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Examples

  • Just make them derive and rederive that chalkboard in homework and on tests and on homework again.

    Back in MY Day Dr. Lisa 2007

  • The manuscript uses a combination of the holographic principle and black hole thermodynamics to rederive the basic equations of motion that Newton presented over 400 years prior.

    Ars Technica Matt Ford 2011

  • Some formulae are not worth memorizing - it is more worthwhile to grasp the ideas behind the formulae and rederive them when you need them or look them up.

    Site Home Maurits [MSFT] 2011

  • Furthermore, the manuscript lays out a path-but does not explicitly follow it-for one to rederive the full set of Einstein's field equations that form the cornerstone of general relativity using the fact that gravity, in Verlinde's work, is an "entropic force."

    Ars Technica Matt Ford 2011

  • It allows one to port result from ancient mathematics to modern applications without having to rederive everything from first principles; it it does not mean that sub-threshold comments are, deep down, really made of apples.

    freshnews.org - most clicked links 2010

  • Storing two unsigned values is easy, but two signed values - had to rederive it, but here it is.

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

  • Storing two unsigned values is easy, but two signed values - had to rederive it, but here it is.

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

  • Storing two unsigned values is easy, but two signed values - had to rederive it, but here it is.

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

  • Storing two unsigned values is easy, but two signed values - had to rederive it, but here it is.

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

  • Storing two unsigned values is easy, but two signed values - had to rederive it, but here it is.

    AutoHotkey Community 2009

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