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Definition of the day : « derivative »

  • adj borrowed, transmitted from source
  • noun product, descendant
Example sentences :
  • Marriage for money is the modern form or derivative of marriage by purchase.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • The use of a Greek derivative gives notice that you are scientific.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton
  • Thus the tetracetate is a derivative to be reckoned with in the problem.
  • Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross
  • And this is equivalent to admitting the doctrine of "derivative creation."
  • Extract from : « On the Genesis of Species » by St. George Mivart
  • The English language has no derivative noun from "mores," and no equivalent for it.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Like its derivative Warden it had a very wide range of meanings.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • In the cow with the crumpled horn we have a derivative of Mid.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • Bayard, a derivative of bay, was the name of several famous war-horses.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • I belong to the party which claims life as a derivative of life.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • One must believe also in the derivative principles following from them.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik