derivative

1. 1

   Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.

   • a derivative conveyance
   • a derivative word
2. 2

   Imitative of the work of someone else.

   • No, I really felt it was very derivative. To me it it looked like it was straight out of Diane Arbus, but it had none of the wit.
3. 3

   Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.

4. 4

   Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.

1. 1

   Something derived.

2. 2

   A word formed by derivation, such as stylish from style.

3. 3

   A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.

4. 4

   A chemical derived from another.

5. 5

   One of the two fundamental objects of study in calculus (the other being integration), which quantifies the rate of change, tangency, and other qualities arising from the local behavior of a function.; The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or (df)/(dx) in Leibniz's notation, ̇f(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent

   • The derivative of x² is 2x; if f(x)#61;x², then f'(x)#61;2x
6. 6

   One of the two fundamental objects of study in calculus (the other being integration), which quantifies the rate of change, tangency, and other qualities arising from the local behavior of a function.; The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.

   • The derivative of f(x)#61;x³ at x#61;2 is 12.
7. 7

   One of the two fundamental objects of study in calculus (the other being integration), which quantifies the rate of change, tangency, and other qualities arising from the local behavior of a function.; Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.

8. 8

   One of the two fundamental objects of study in calculus (the other being integration), which quantifies the rate of change, tangency, and other qualities arising from the local behavior of a function.; The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.

syn. derivate · derived word · contingent claim · derived function

ant. coincidental · antonym(s) of