'Derivative' definitions:
Definition of 'derivative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Resulting from or employing derivation; "a derivative process"; "a highly derivative prose style"
noun
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]
noun
A compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound
noun
A financial instrument whose value is based on another security [syn: derivative instrument, derivative]
noun
(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'"
Definition of 'Derivative'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, unoriginal (said of art or other intellectual products. [PJC]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Derivative'
From: GCIDE
- Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, n.
- 1. That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Med.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense). [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Math.) A derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Except in the mode of derivation the derivative is the same as the differential coefficient. See {Differential coefficient}, under Differential. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'derivative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Derivative'
- Derivable,
- Derivably,
- Derival,
- Derivate,
- Derivation,
- Derivational,
- Derivatively,
- Derivativeness,
- Derive,
- Derived,
- Derivement,
- Deriver,
- Deriving,
- derive from,
- Derivative circulation,
- derivational morphology,
- derivative instrument,
- derived function,
- first derivative,
- partial derivative,
- periwinkle plant derivative