Derivative

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, a. [L. derivativus: cf. F.
     d['e]rivatif.]
     Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or
     fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something
     else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative
     word.


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     2. Hence, unoriginal (said of art or other intellectual
        products.
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     {Derivative circulation}, a modification of the circulation
        found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries
        empty directly into the veins without the interposition of
        capillaries. --Flint. -- {De*riv"a*tive*ly}, adv. --
        {De*riv"a*tive*ness}, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Derivative \De*riv"a*tive\, n.
     1. That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from
        another.
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     2. (Gram.) A word 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.
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     3. (Mus.) 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.
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     4. (Med.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation
        (in the medical sense).
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     5. (Math.) A derived function; a function obtained from a
        given function by a certain algebraic process.
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     Note: Except in the mode of derivation the derivative is the
           same as the differential coefficient. See {Differential
           coefficient}, under {Differential}.
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     6. (Chem.) 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  derivative
       adj : resulting from or employing derivation; "a derivative
             process"; "a highly derivative prose style"
       n 1: the result of mathematical differentiation; the
            instantaneous change of one quantity relative to
            another; df(x)/dx [syn: {derived function}, {differential
            coefficient}, {differential}, {first derivative}]
       2: a financial instrument whose value is based on another
          security [syn: {derivative instrument}]
       3: (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word;
          "`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "derivative":
     accountable, acquired, alleged, ascribable, assignable,
     attributable, attributed, borrowed, by-product, charged, conjugate,
     consequent, consequential, copied, credited, derivable from,
     derivation, derivational, derived, descendant, development, due,
     echoic, ensuing, etymologic, explicable, final, following,
     imitative, imputable, imputed, lexical, lexicographic, lexicologic,
     lexigraphic, noncreative, nongerminal, nonseminal, obtained,
     offshoot, onomastic, onomatologic, onomatopoeic, owing, paronymic,
     paronymous, plagiarized, procured, putative, referable,
     referred to, resultant, resulting, sequacious, sequent, sequential,
     spin-off, traceable, uncreative, uninventive, unoriginal,
     unpregnant
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DERIVATIVE. Coming from another; taken from something preceding, secondary; 
  as derivative title, which is that acquired from another person. There is 
  considerable difference between an original and a derivative title. When the 
  acquisition is original, the right thus acquired to the thing becomes 
  property, which must be unqualified and unlimited, and since no one but the 
  occupant has any right to the thing, he must have the whole right of 
  disposing of it. But with regard to derivative acquisition, it may be 
  otherwise, for the person from whom the thing is acquired may not have an 
  unlimited right to it, or he may convey or transfer it with certain 
  reservations of right. Derivative title must always be by contract. 
       2. Derivative conveyances are, those which presuppose some other 
  precedent conveyance, and serve only to enlarge, confirm, alter, restrain, 
  restore, or transfer the interest granted by such original conveyance, 3 Bl. 
  Com. 321.