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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
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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