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derivative Definition

de·riva·tive (də riv′ə tiv)

adjective

  1. derived
  2. using or taken from other sources; not original
  3. of derivation

Etymology: ME derivatif < LL derivativus < L derivatus, pp. of derivare: see derive

noun

  1. something derived
  2. Chem. a substance derived from, or of such composition and properties that it may be considered as derived from, another substance by chemical change, esp. by the substitution of one or more elements or radicals
  3. Finance a contract, as an option or futures contract, whose value depends on the value of the securities, commodities, etc. that form the basis of the contract
  4. Linguis. a word formed from another or others by derivation
  5. Math. the limiting value of a rate of change of a function with respect to a variable; the instantaneous rate of change, or slope, of a function (Ex.: the derivative of y with respect to x, often written dy/dx, is 3 when y = 3x)

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derivative Synonyms

derivative

modif.

derived from, caused, evolved, not original, imitative, borrowed, copied, plagiarized, unoriginal, rehashed, warmed-over, secondhand, not fundamental, hereditary, inferential, inferred, coming from, obtained from, transmitted, acquired, derivational; see also ancestral, secondary 1.

derivative Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • f: These derivatives of the derivative are called the second derivative of f.

Converse of object

  • embed: Such embedded derivatives are brought within the derivative contracts rules.
  • compute: However, returning to the problem in hand which is to compute the accurate numerical derivative of a given external function.
  • calculate: The chain rule enables you to calculate higher derivatives for these parametrically described curves.

Adjective modifier

  • securitised: What requirements are there for dealing warrants and securitised derivatives?
  • lagrangian: In such cases the boundary condition on the fluid uses the Lagrangian derivative.
  • partial: Then for a given value of the optimum gain can be found by setting the partial derivative of with respect to to zero.
  • carboxylic: Carboxylic acid derivatives - difference in reaction type due to presence of a good leaving group.
  • directional: Derivatives of scalar fields: Gradient, directional derivative; applications including classification of max, min and saddle using Hessian.
  • analytic: I would normally use either golden ratio or simplex optimization for functions where analytic derivatives are not available.

Modifies a noun

  • instrument: Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for hedge accounting.
  • pricing: Everything is of course geared toward mathematical finance, especially derivative pricing.
  • trading: Being a fixed income derivatives trading, I find both sections particularly useful for real world trading.
  • transaction: Group policy is that amounts at risk through derivative transactions are covered by cash or by corresponding assets.

Noun used with modifier

  • purine: An in-depth review of the research on purine derivatives in ruminants up to the present date.
  • coumarin: Warfarin and other coumarin derivatives Co-administration of fluvastatin with warfarin may commonly cause significant increases in prothrombin time.
  • freight: The market for clearing services for freight derivatives has had something of a boom recently.
  • morphine: Additional research was conducted at Aushwitz, using a range of chemicals including various barbiturates and morphine derivatives.
  • cannabis: There is a great reluctance by the government to allow cannabis derivatives to be used therapeutically.
  • credit: London is the trading center for the global credit derivatives market.
derivative Quotes

The power of kings and magistrates is nothing else but what is only derivative; transformed and committed to them in trust from the people to the common good of them all, in whom the power yet remains fundamentally, and cannot be taken from them without a violation of their natural birthright.

—Milton,John

When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we can mean such an extremely different thing as the religion of science, the vulgarized derivativefromthispureactivitymanipulated bya sortof priestcraft into a great religious and political weapon.

—Lezama Lima,Jose¤