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Adjective(1) resulting from or employing derivation(2) borrowed(3) transmitted from source
Noun(1) the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x(2) a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound(3) a financial instrument whose value is based on another security(4) (linguistics(5) the result of mathematical differentiation(6) product(7) descendant

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(1) The hull is a new design rather than a derivative of an older system.(2) It can play towards the determination of whether the case is a full-on copyright case or whether it is a case of the infringer creating a derivative work.(3) This is because they buy complex derivative products to mirror the performance of the underlying stock market index or indices which are not transparently priced.(4) With gameplay more derivative of the Harlem Globetrotters than the NBA, players bust insane ankle-breaking moves to confuse and fake out opponents on their way to the hoop.(5) Permit others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and derivative works based upon it only for noncommercial purposes.(6) And so I started switching from these endless derivative novels to trying to write parts for actors, and I've been doing so ever since.(7) It's equally hard to find good things to say about the meandering plot or the derivative music of the film.(8) While primarily a place for the administration of justice, its name is a derivative of the Latin root officium and it is considered a landmark in the evolution of the office as a building type.(9) Plagiarism - a derivative of the Latin word for kidnapping - literally means to steal someone else's words or ideas and take credit for them.(10) The state-of-the-art animation techniques and the space flight sequences look impressive, but fail to inject any excitement into the lifeless and derivative plot.(11) However, contemporaries now subscribe to the notion that the term brioche is a derivative of the Norman word for pound, broyer.(12) The modern territorial state upon which it was based was a derivative of the Italian Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation.(13) It is a derivative of the verb sozo, which means u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510to heal.u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb(14) For a musical about one the century's most original artists, there was a whole lot of derivative going on.(15) The name of the plant descends from Old English rapum u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510turnipu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb, while the crime is a derivative of the Latin verb rapere u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510to seizeu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb.(16) They called the wine tintashu, combining the Japanese word for sake with a derivative of the Portuguese word for red.
Related Words
(1) partial derivative
(2) derivative securities
(3) derivative work
Synonyms
Noun
1. by-product
2. subsidiary product
3. spin-off


Adjective
4. imitative
5. unoriginal
6. uninventive
7. unimaginative
8. uninspired
12. secondhand
14. hackneyed
16. stale
17. stock
18. banal
19. copycat


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

I do. It fails as drama, science fiction
and it's hopelessly derivative.

I do. It fails as drama, science fiction and it's hopelessly DERIVATIVE.

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 15


If by "holy smokes," you mean
a derivative restatement of the stuff...

If by "holy smokes," you mean a DERIVATIVE restatement of the stuff...

The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 1


Most of your work is extremely derivative.

Most of your work is extremely DERIVATIVE.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 1


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