Derivative Definition

dĭ-rĭvə-tĭv
derivatives
adjective
Derived.
Webster's New World
Of derivation.
Webster's New World
Copied or adapted from others.
A highly derivative prose style.
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Using or taken from other sources; not original.
Webster's New World

Imitative of the work of someone else.

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noun
derivatives
Something derived.
Webster's New World
A word formed from another or others by derivation.
Webster's New World
A contract, as an option or futures contract, whose value depends on the value of the securities, commodities, etc. that form the basis of the contract.
Webster's New World
The limiting value of the ratio of the change in a function to the corresponding change in its independent variable.
American Heritage
A substance derived from, or of such composition and properties that it may be considered as derived from, another substance by chemical change, esp. by the substitution of one or more elements or radicals.
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(finance): option, warrant, swap, convertible security, convertible, convertible bond, credit default swap, credit line note, financial futures contract, financial future, total return swap.

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Other Word Forms of Derivative

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derivative
Plural:
derivatives

Origin of Derivative

  • From Middle French dérivatif, from Latin derivatus; see derive.

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Derivative Sentence Examples

  • It is only in derivative words that this vagueness is avoided.

  • The later Scots Chaucerian type is less directly derivative in its treatment of allegory and in its tricks of style, and less southern in its linguistic forms; but, though it is more original and natural, it nevertheless retains much of the Chaucerian habit.

  • The book falls into two parts, the first (books i.-xv.) derivative, the second (books xvi.-xxiii.) original.

  • As in the case of the Lamellibranchiata, the shell of the adult is not a direct derivative of the youngest shell of the larva.

  • From the root idea of obligation to serve or give something in return, involved in the conception of duty, have sprung various derivative uses of the word; thus it is used of the services performed by a minister of a church, by a soldier, or by any employee or servant.

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Words Starting With

DDEDER

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EVEIVE

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