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