derivative
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From Middle French dérivatif, from Latin dērīvātus, perfect passive participle of dērīvō (“to derive”). Related to derive; by surface analysis, derive + -ative.
Inflected forms:
form: more derivative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most derivative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: derivatives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
pos: adj
examples: a derivative conveyance
a derivative word
People started talking about the pandemic as if it were itself a television show; as the second wave hit last fall, they griped about the derivative writing on Covid Season 2.
gloss: Imitative of the work of someone else.
pos: adj
examples: No, I really felt it was very derivative. To me it it looked like it was straight out of Diane Arbus, but it had none of the wit.
gloss: Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
pos: adj
gloss: Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
pos: adj
gloss: Something derived.
pos: noun
gloss: A word formed by derivation, such as stylish from style.
pos: noun
gloss: A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
pos: noun
gloss: A chemical derived from another.
pos: noun
gloss: One of the two fundamental objects of study in calculus (the other being integration), which quantifies the rate of change, tangency, and other qualities arising from the local behavior of a function.
pos: noun
examples: The derivative of x² is 2x; if f(x)#61;x², then f'(x)#61;2x
gloss: One of the two fundamental objects of study in calculus (the other being integration), which quantifies the rate of change, tangency, and other qualities arising from the local behavior of a function.
pos: noun
examples: The derivative of f(x)#61;x³ at x#61;2 is 12.
gloss: One of the two fundamental objects of study in calculus (the other being integration), which quantifies the rate of change, tangency, and other qualities arising from the local behavior of a function.
pos: noun
gloss: One of the two fundamental objects of study in calculus (the other being integration), which quantifies the rate of change, tangency, and other qualities arising from the local behavior of a function.
pos: noun
Synonyms: derivate
derived word
contingent claim
derived function
Antonyms: coincidental
antonym(s) of
Derived words: derivative hybrid
derivative instrument
derivatively
derivativeness
derivative work
derivativity
Fréchet derivative
inderivative
inderivatively
nonderivative
underivative
derivatography
multiderivative
aeroderivative
arithmetic derivative
Boolean derivative
Brzozowski derivative
coderivative
derivative 22 syndrome
directional derivative
event derivative
exterior derivative
first derivative
fluoroderivative
Gâteaux derivative
haemoderivative
hemoderivative
hydroderivative
hydroxyderivative
iododerivative
isoderivative
Jackson derivative
leucoderivative
logarithmic derivative
monoderivative
nitroderivative
oxyderivative
partial derivative
photoderivative
polyderivative
q-derivative
quasi-derivative
Schwarzian derivative
second derivative
shareholders' derivative action
subderivative
superderivative
symmetric derivative
third derivative
time derivative
total derivative
weak derivative
Translations:
lang: Asturian
word: derivada
lang: Bulgarian
word: произво́дна
roman: proizvódna
lang: Catalan
word: derivada
lang: French
word: dérivée
lang: Galician
word: derivada
lang: Italian
word: derivata
lang: Portuguese
word: derivada
lang: Spanish
word: derivada
lang: Vietnamese
word: đạo hàm