資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F.
   d['e]rivatif.]
   Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or
   fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something
   else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative
   word.

   {Derivative circulation}, a modification of the circulation
      found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries
      empty directly into the veins without the interposition of
      capillaries. --Flint. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ly}, adv. --
      {De*riv"a*tive*ness}, n.