This sense is similar to, and derived from, its meaning in biology.

One must pay close attention to the gestures of individuals and animals in his paintings to derive meaning.

The word now derives its primary meaning from capitalism.

Participants cannot live from peer production, though they derive meaning and value from it.

In the novel Isherwood derives meaning and emotion from those around him.

One dogma is only a small particle of the living Christian faith, from which it derives its meaning.

A classroom, a game of soccer, a fire engine are all first and foremost cultural artifacts from which children derive meaning.

The word polymer derives its meaning from this, which means "many mers."

What other English word derives its meaning from testis?

Many different exegetical methods are employed to derive deeper meaning from a text.