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
Tom Bell, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
Spero is currently facing legal challenges, including securities class actions and a derivative lawsuit, related to its disclosures about the tebipenem HBr program.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2025
Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
On the whole, Schwab investors did more buying than selling in the week of April 3, said Alex Coffey, senior trading and derivatives strategist.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
In this way, through direct and derivative consent, the United States and Great Britain created an ad hoc institution that each could trust to decide their dispute.
—Tom Bell, Oc Register, 12 Apr. 2025
Spero is currently facing legal challenges, including securities class actions and a derivative lawsuit, related to its disclosures about the tebipenem HBr program.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
Each one is blended with non-psychoactive CBD, CBG, CBC, and/or THCV, which are all derivatives from the cannabis plant with different effects.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2025
On the whole, Schwab investors did more buying than selling in the week of April 3, said Alex Coffey, senior trading and derivatives strategist.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for derivative
Adjective
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Houston landed solid transfers at receiver, tight end and the offensive line, but the Cougars lost their defensive coordinator and a number of their top players in the secondary to programs like LSU and Miami. 13.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2025
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Although a secondary character, Keisha also offers a beautiful mediation on the rite of passage from Black girlhood to womanhood.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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The new proof broadly consists of three steps: derive the macroscopic theory from the mesoscopic one; derive the mesoscopic theory from the microscopic one; and then stitch them together in a single derivation of the macroscopic laws all the way from the microscopic ones.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
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The chances are that language switching isn’t necessarily active for the chain-of-thought derivations.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 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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This, combined with new and streamlined venues for retail investors to participate in the growing demand for a variety of spot, derivate, and synthetic funds and indices is set to continue push crypto ETF access to new heights.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes,
17 Oct. 2024
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“Derivative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derivative. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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