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(1):

(n.) That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another.

(2):

(n.) A substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the amido compounds are derivatives of ammonia, and the hydrocarbons are derivatives of methane, benzene, etc.

(3):

(n.) A derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process.

(4):

(n.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).

(5):

(n.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord.

(6):

(a.) Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word.

(7):

(n.) A word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Derivative'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/derivative.html. 1828.
 
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