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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•riv•a•tive /dɪˈrɪvətɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - not original;
coming from something earlier:His music was derivative and not innovative enough.
n. [countable] - something derived or developed from something else, such as a word that has come from another.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•riv•a•tive (di riv′ə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - derived.
- not original;
secondary.
n. - something derived.
- GrammarAlso called derived form. a form that has undergone derivation from another, as atomic from atom.
- Chemistrya substance or compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another substance or compound.
- MathematicsAlso called differential quotient* [esp. Brit.,] differential coefficient. the limit of the ratio of the increment of a function to the increment of a variable in it, as the latter tends to 0;
the instantaneous change of one quantity with respect to another, as velocity, which is the instantaneous change of distance with respect to time. Cf. first derivative, second derivative. - Businessa financial contract whose value derives from the value of underlying stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, etc.
- Late Latin dērīvātīvus, equivalent. to Latin dērīvāt(us) (see derivation) + -īvus -ive
- late Middle English derivatif 1400–50
+ n. - Businessa financial contract whose value derives from the value of underlying stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, etc.
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