4 definitions found for derived

Derived DERIVED, pp. Drawn, as from a source; deduced; received; regularly conveyed; descended; communicated; transmitted.

derived adj 1: formed or developed from something else; not original; "the belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived"- John Dewey [ant: underived]

derived adjective Date: 1969 being, possessing, or marked by a character (as the large brain in humans) not present in the ancestral form <derived features>

Derive De*rive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derived; p. pr. & vb. n. Deriving.] [F. d['e]river, L. derivare; de- + rivus stream, brook. See Rival.] 1. To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.] For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they [the workman] derive it by other drains. --Holland. Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share. --Spenser. Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.