derived.

not original; secondary.

something derived.

Also called derived form. Grammar . a form that has undergone derivation from another, as atomic from atom.

Chemistry . a substance or compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another substance or compound.

Also called differential quotient ; especially British , differential coefficient. Mathematics . the limit of the ratio of the increment of a function to the increment of a variable in it, as the latter tends to 0; the instantaneous change of one quantity with respect to another, as velocity, which is the instantaneous change of distance with respect to time. Compare first derivative , second derivative .

a financial contract whose value derives from the value of underlying stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, etc.

adjective

inventive , original , unborrowed , unique

noun

invention , original , root , source

adjective

acquired , ancestral , caused , cognate , coming from , connate , copied , evolved , hereditary , imitative , inferential , inferred , not original , obtained , plagiaristic , plagiarized , procured , rehashed , secondary , secondhand , subordinate , uninventive , unoriginal , derivational , derived , epiphenomenal , etiological , supplemental

noun

by-product , offshoot , outgrowth , spin-off , wave , byproduct , derivation , descendant , spinoff , adapted , copied , descent , epiphenomenon , etiology , etymology , evolved , fluxion , genesis , lineage , pedigree , provenance , secondary , stemma , unoriginal