as in secondary
taken or created from something original or basic
a derivative style taken from earlier painters
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as in derivation
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
the whole field of industrial robots is a derivative of technology developed for the space program
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Recent Examples of derivative
ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
No other rights in the Warner Bros. films were part of this auction, including distribution rights, which are owned by WB, and the right to co-finance derivative works.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 June 2025
Chuck Zhang, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
UniCredit has built a surprise stake in Commerzbank of 28% since September through derivatives and has the European Central Bank's authorization to hold up to 29.9% in the lender.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,ganesh Rao,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 June 2025
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Adjective
The training process copies information from the training data into the model, making the model a derivative work under copyright law.
—ArsTechnica, 20 June 2025
No other rights in the Warner Bros. films were part of this auction, including distribution rights, which are owned by WB, and the right to co-finance derivative works.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 June 2025
Noun
This includes usage as collateral in derivatives trading and as a mechanism for interbank settlement.
—Chuck Zhang, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
UniCredit has built a surprise stake in Commerzbank of 28% since September through derivatives and has the European Central Bank's authorization to hold up to 29.9% in the lender.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,ganesh Rao,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for derivative
Adjective
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For several years, MLB held a draft in January and a secondary phase in June for players who had been previously drafted.—
Bodie De Silva,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Twisting the top plate to one side reveals the underlying secondary plate, which houses a pry bar, magnifying glass (for examining tiny things or for starting fires) and bottle opener.—
Ben Coxworth
July 13,
New Atlas,
13 July 2025
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Bose found a stronger mathematical derivation of Planck’s law.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
23 June 2025
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And since the derivation of it was ‘100 men versus a gorilla’ ...—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Coinbase bought a crypto derivates exchange, Deribit, for $2.9 billion .—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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With unique enough lore and a unique style, Saxon avoids making a derivate fable.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Derivative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derivative. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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