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derived

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. derived (adjective)
  2. derive (verb)
  3. derived curve (noun)
  4. derived function (noun)

derived

adj

Definition of DERIVED

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

First Known Use of DERIVED

1969

Other Biology Terms

autochthonous, fecund, homunculus, phylogeny, substrate

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