Thesaurus: derivative

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1. a. word/obtained">Obtained by word/derivation">derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word.
2. n. That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another.
3. n. A word word/formed">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.
4. n. 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.
5. n. An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).
6. n. A derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process.
7. n. 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.
8. adj. resulting from or employing derivation
9. n. the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
10. n. a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound
11. n. a financial instrument whose value is based on another security
12. n. (word/linguistics">linguistics) a word that is derived from another word