derived

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of derive. Use this form when something came or was taken from another thing earlier.

   She derived the answer from a simple rule.

   The new word was derived from an older one.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Made or formed from something else, not made on its own.

   Like butter, which is made from milk: it comes from something else.

   A derived word is built from a simpler base word.

   Margarine is a derived product, made from vegetable oils.

   Similarsecondary, derivative, calculated

   Oppositeoriginal, primary, raw

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3. 3
   adjective

   Describing a trait that newer species have but their older ancestors did not.

   Like a new tool that the latest model has but older models never did.

   Feathers are a derived trait that early reptiles did not have.

   Scientists call a new feature derived when older ancestors lacked it.

   Oppositeancestral, primitive

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