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
Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
Those tariffs include the president's International Emergency Economic Powers Act actions on Canada, Mexico, China and Hong Kong and additional tariffs on steel, aluminum, derivative products and auto parts.
—Victor Ordonez, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
Randall Colburn, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Tretinoin, also known as all-trans retinoic acid, is a type of retinoid, a group of vitamin A derivatives that includes retinol.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The created a new moral hazard, and then the Fed and other regulators stood by while new derivative financial instruments — collateralized mortgages and other debts — created a price bubble.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
Those tariffs include the president's International Emergency Economic Powers Act actions on Canada, Mexico, China and Hong Kong and additional tariffs on steel, aluminum, derivative products and auto parts.
—Victor Ordonez, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
Also, his revenge story (and his dad's Darth Vader reveal) felt a touch derivative in a show that's typically much more surprising.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Tretinoin, also known as all-trans retinoic acid, is a type of retinoid, a group of vitamin A derivatives that includes retinol.
—Emily Orofino, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for derivative
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Photo : The Hudson Advisory Team A secondary elevator opens to a long corridor that leads to three guest bedrooms, each with a private bath.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
2 May 2025
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That's possible because not only did general managers, their staff and coaches get the numbers, but secondary staffers and some media did as well, a source said.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 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 11 May. 2025.
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