0 If something is derivative, it is not the result of new ideas, but has been developed from or copies something else: --
1 a form of something made or developed from another form: --
2 a financial product such as an option (= the right to buy or sell something in the future) that has a value based on the value of another product, such as shares or bonds: --
3 in calculus (= an area of advanced mathematics in which continuously changing values are studied), a measure of the rate at which a function is changing: --
5 something made from something else: --
Retinol is a derivative of vitamin A.
The matrix of partial derivatives is obtained from differentiating the equation.
The right-hand side of (3.2) is readily deduced by calculating the partial derivatives of F(x, t) and replacing them in (2.3).
In order to calculate the mean, we take the first derivative of (1) with respect to t.
There are rules for dealing in derivatives and other complex financial instruments.
The brokerage business had changed: from merely selling stocks and bonds, it was now dealing in all sorts of derivatives.
Self-explanatory words are regularly formed compounds and derivatives that require no formal definition.
The word "stress" has numerous modern derivatives, including "stressed out", "de-stress" and "stressy".
Retinoids are derivatives of vitamin A.