Definition of Derived

1. Adjective. Formed or developed from something else; not original. "The belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived"


Definition of Derived

1. Adjective. (systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: systematics comparable archaic) Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms. ¹

3. Adjective. product of derivation ¹

4. Verb. (past of derive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Derived

1. derive [v] - See also: derive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Derived

derivative work
derivative works
derivatively
derivativeness
derivatives
derivatives market
derivatives markets
derivativity
derivatization
derivatizations
derivatize
derivatized
derivatizes
derivatizing
derive
derived (current term)
derived function
derived group
derived groups
derived protein
derived subgroup
derived subgroups
derived unit
derivedness
derivednesses
derivement
derivements
deriver
derivers
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Literary usage of Derived

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1869)
"Of the Advantages which Europe ha* derived from the Discovery of America, ... SUCH are the advantages which the colonies of America have derived from the ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"Tabulation of the Ionization Values derived from Freezing Point Lowering and from the Conductance Ratio. 19. Discussion of the Ionization Values derived by ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"... upon the affinities of these forms turns the problem whether South America derived the sources of its great radiation from Africa or from South America. ..."

4. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1803)
"Words ultimately derived from fuch as ... what kind of notions they were, and whence derived ... derived ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"\\"right's version, which derived much benefit from the commentary (1826) of Gabriele Rossetti, is generally admit tod to be accurato and scholarly, ..."

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