derivative

1. 1.

   resulting from or employing derivation

   “a derivative process”

   “a highly derivative prose style”

   Similarderived

Other forms of derivative

plural

derivatives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about derivative

What does derivative mean?

derivative means "the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in derivative?

derivative has 4 syllables: de-riv-a-tive. The stress falls on "riv". In IPA it is /dɚˈɪvətɪv/.

What is another word for derivative?

Close synonyms include derived function, differential coefficient, differential, first derivative, derivative instrument. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is derivative a common word?

derivative is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.