derivative
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6.2
- noun
- /dɪˈrɪvətɪv/
- Specialized
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derivado
- The present-day selective estrogen-receptor modulator drugs are derivatives of agents that were first used to treat breast cancer.
- words and derivatives
We do know that McLaughlin is a derivative of McLaughlin.
- We do know that McLaughlin is a derivative of McLaughlin.
Examples
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Is that a derivative of Sagglemint?
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The early pottery in other parts of South America is a later derivative from this core.
Academic text (2003) -
Cajun is a natural and legitimate linguistic derivative of the word Acadian in the English language.
Academic text (1998) -
A note is warranted on the term "science" (and its derivatives) as used here.
Academic text (2015) -
Brown exposes the cultural derivative of the monkey figure as originating in the genre of the eighteenth-century comedy of manners.
Academic text (2018) -
The word 'happiness' is a derivative of the word 'happy.'
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In linguistics, a derivative is formed by adding prefixes or suffixes to a root word.
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The novel's title is a derivative of a famous Shakespearean phrase.
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.9
A financial contract privately negotiated and traded between two parties, not on an exchange
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1
7.9
How fast one value changes compared with another at a particular point
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9.9
A private financial contract made between two parties, not traded on a public exchange
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A financial product whose value comes from something like a stock or bond
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How fast a function with two or more variables changes when one variable changes and others stay the same
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Derivative comes from the Latin word derivare (from de- 'from' + rivus 'stream'), like the English word river. Think of water drawn off a stream: a derivative word is one 'drawn from' another word, which is why it is formed from that original word.