doc/glossary: Define impure derivation

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builder can rely on external inputs such as the network or the builder can rely on external inputs such as the network or the
system time) but the Nix model assumes it. system time) but the Nix model assumes it.
- [impure derivation]{#gloss-impure-derivation}
[An experimental feature](#@docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-impure-derivations) that allows derivations to be explicitly marked as impure,
so that they are always rebuilt, and their outputs not reused by subsequent calls to realise them.
- [Nix database]{#gloss-nix-database} - [Nix database]{#gloss-nix-database}
An SQlite database to track [reference]s between [store object]s. An SQlite database to track [reference]s between [store object]s.