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NOUN (4)

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

2. a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound;

3. a financial instrument whose value is based on another security;
[syn: derivative instrument, derivative]

4. (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word;
- Example: "`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. resulting from or employing derivation;
- Example: "a derivative process"
- Example: "a highly derivative prose style"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F.
   d['e]rivatif.]
   Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or
   fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something
   else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative
   word.
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   2. Hence, unoriginal (said of art or other intellectual
      products.
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   Derivative circulation, a modification of the circulation
      found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries
      empty directly into the veins without the interposition of
      capillaries. --Flint. -- De*riv"a*tive*ly, adv. --
      De*riv"a*tive*ness, n.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, n.
   1. That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from
      another.
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   2. (Gram.) 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.
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   3. (Mus.) 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.
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   4. (Med.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation
      (in the medical sense).
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   5. (Math.) A derived function; a function obtained from a
      given function by a certain algebraic process.
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   Note: Except in the mode of derivation the derivative is the
         same as the differential coefficient. See Differential
         coefficient, under Differential.
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   6. (Chem.) 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.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "derivative":
   accountable, acquired, alleged, ascribable, assignable,
   attributable, attributed, borrowed, by-product, charged, conjugate,
   consequent, consequential, copied, credited, derivable from,
   derivation, derivational, derived, descendant, development, due,
   echoic, ensuing, etymologic, explicable, final, following,
   imitative, imputable, imputed, lexical, lexicographic, lexicologic,
   lexigraphic, noncreative, nongerminal, nonseminal, obtained,
   offshoot, onomastic, onomatologic, onomatopoeic, owing, paronymic,
   paronymous, plagiarized, procured, putative, referable,
   referred to, resultant, resulting, sequacious, sequent, sequential,
   spin-off, traceable, uncreative, uninventive, unoriginal,
   unpregnant