Definition of derivate in English:
derivate
noun ˈdɛrɪveɪtˈdɛrɪvətˈderəvit
Something derived, especially a product obtained chemically from a raw material.
Example sentencesExamples
- This story caught the attention of several drug companies, who are testing pain-killers based on nicotine derivates.
- An acute overdose of any of the opiates or their derivates can result in coma, pulmonary edema, and cessation of respiration.
- Theoretical physicists say that the derivate, or the beta function, is positive.
- Another promising approach is the use of butyric acid derivates such as 4-phenylbutyrate.
- With a sufficient number of distinct line-cross derivates, increasingly complicated models of gene interaction can be tested.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin derivat- 'derived', from the verb derivare (see derive).