Hypertext Webster Gateway: "derivatively"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.


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