DERIVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does derived mean? 

• DERIVED (adjective)
  The adjective DERIVED has 1 sense:

1. formed or developed from something else; not original

  Familiarity information: DERIVED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DERIVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formed or developed from something else; not original

Context example:

the belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived

Similar:

derivable (capable of being derived)

derivative (resulting from or employing derivation)

plagiarised; plagiaristic; plagiarized (copied and passed off as your own)

Antonym:

underived (not derived; primary or simple)

 Context examples 

NOTE(S): This is used only when duration is collected on the CRF and not derived from start and end date/times.

(Adverse Event Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A benign, testicular or ovarian tumor, derived from adrenal embryonic rest cells.

(Adrenal Rest Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Adipose-derived regenerative cells (ADRC) consists of several cell types several types, such as adult stem cells, vascular endothelial cells, and vascular smooth muscle cells, among others.

(Adipose-Derived Regenerative Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

Like many other antimicrobial peptides, this venom-derived peptide is believed to kill microbes by disrupting bacterial cell membranes.

(Venom of Wasp, Bee Repurposed as Antibiotic Drug, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Australian scientists have test driven two cars powered by a carbon-free fuel derived from ammonia.

(Cars Powered by New Fuel Type Tested in Australia, VOA)

The IMERG derived rainfall accumulation map showed that rain fell over large parts of France during the past week but the highest rainfall totals were found over eastern France.

(France's Flooding Rains Examined by NASA’s IMERG, NASA)

Blood or tissue levels of several seafood- and plant-derived omega-3s were measured in each study.

(Omega-3s linked with lower risk of fatal heart attacks, NIH)

The cranium "has a mix of primitive and derived facial and cranial features that I didn't expect to see on a single individual," said Haile-Selassie.

(3.8-million-year-old fossil cranium unveils more about human ancestry, National Science Foundation)

The young clones were named "Zhong Zhong" and "Hua Hua," both derived from Zhōnghuá, the Chinese-language word for the Chinese people.

(Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai, Wikinews)

A cell derived from a promyelocyte and differentiates into a neutrophil.

(Metamyelocyte, NCI Thesaurus)