* (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹaɪvd/

DERIVED (_comparative_ MORE DERIVED, _superlative_ MOST DERIVED) * (systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species. * (comparable, archaic, taxonomy) Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms. * product of derivation _The French language is DERIVED from Latin._ USAGE NOTES Modern systematics proscribes use of _derived_ to mean "advanced", preferring to use _derived_ to simply mean "changed from the ancestral state" without an evaluation of quality. TRANSLATIONS SEE ALSO * apomorphy

DERIVED * simple past tense and past participle of _derive_