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Definition of 'derivative'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) derivative
not original; secondary.

2. (n.) derivative
something derived.

3.  derivative
a word that has undergone derivation from another, as atomic from
atom.

4.  derivative
a chemical substance or compound obtained or regarded as derived from another.

5.  derivative
Math. the instantaneous rate of change of one quantity in a function with respect to another.

6.  derivative
a financial contract whose value derives from the value of underlying stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, etc.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < LL)

Definition of 'derivative'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) derived function, derivative, differential coefficient, differential, first derivative
the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx

2. (noun) derivative
a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound

3. (noun) derivative instrument, derivative
a financial instrument whose value is based on another security

4. (adj) derivative
(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word
"`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'"

5. (adj) derivative
resulting from or employing derivation
"a derivative process"; "a highly derivative prose style"

Definition of 'derivative'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) derivative
obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word

2. (noun) derivative
that which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another

3. (noun) derivative
a word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root

4. (noun) derivative
a chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord

5. (noun) derivative
an agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense)

6. (noun) derivative
a derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process

7. (noun) derivative
a substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the amido compounds are derivatives of ammonia, and the hydrocarbons are derivatives of methane, benzene, etc

Translation of 'derivative'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: derived from something else and not original.
Afrikaans: afgelei, derivatief	Arabic: مُشْتَق من	Bulgarian: производен
Brazilian: derivativo	Czech: odvozený, nepůvodní	German: abgeleitet
Danish: afledt; uoriginal; efterl	Greek: κακή απομίμηση	Spanish: carente de originalidad,
Estonian: tuletatud	Farsi: فرعی؛ مشتق شده	Finnish: johdannainen
French: sans originalité	Hebrew: נוֹבֵע מִדָבַר אָחֵר, נִג	Hindi: व्युत्पादित
Croatian: izveden, koji potječe od	Hungarian: leszármaztatott, képzett	Indonesian: tidak asli, berasal dari
Icelandic: afleiddur	Italian: derivato, derivativo	Japanese: 派生的な
Korean: 파생적인	Lithuanian: išvestinis	Latvian: atvasināts
Malay: berasal dari	Dutch: afgeleid, niet oorspronke	Norwegian: avledet, utledet
Polish: pochodny	Persian: فرعی؛ مشتق شده	Pashto: مشتق، كچه، څانګه څانګه شو
Portuguese: derivativo	Romanian: derivat	Russian: производный
Slovak: odvodený	Slovenian: izpeljan	Serbian: derivat
Swedish: härledd, avledd	Thai: ลอกแบบมาจากสิ่งอื่น	Turkish: türemiş
Taiwanese: 衍生的	Ukrainian: похідний	Urdu: ماخوز ، مشتق
Vietnamese: phái sinh	Chinese: 派生的
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