derived

verb

Derived is defined as came from or obtained from a specific source.

When your decor style comes from a picture you see online, this is an example of a time when your decor is derived from your inspiration picture.

derived

Adjective

(comparative more derived, superlative most derived)

(systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.
(systematics, comparable, archaic) Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms.
product of derivation
The French language is derived from Latin.

Usage notes

Modern systematics proscribes use of derived to mean "advanced", preferring to use derived to simply mean "changed from the ancestral state" without an evaluation of quality.

Verb

Simple past tense and past participle of derive.

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Sentence Examples

The following is the general idea derived from these researches.
If this be overlooked, a wrong impression may be derived as to the absolute amplitudes of the changes.
In other respects his book is derived almost entirely from Christie.
Nearly all the rest, more especially the transition from poetical to occult wisdom, was derived from Rome.
The hourly values are derived from smoothed curves, the object being to get the mean ordinate for a 60-minute period.

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