derivative
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- derivative derivation
- differential derivation
Sense 2 adjective
resulting from or employing derivation
a derivative process
Related & opposite
- differential derivation
- derivative derivation
- derivative instrument derivation
- educe derivation
- derive derivation
- descend derivation
- derived similar to
Sense 3 noun
a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound
Types & categories
- chemical compound hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a financial instrument whose value is based on another security
Types & categories
- legal document hypernym
- futures contract hyponym
- option hyponym
Related & opposite
- derivative derivation
- law domain topic
Sense 5 noun
(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word
`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'
Types & categories
- word hypernym
Related & opposite
- derivative derivation
- linguistics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | derivative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | differential |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reckoning |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | curvature |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partial |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | differential |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | derivative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | derivative instrument |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | educe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | derive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | descend |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | derived |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical compound |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | derivative |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | legal document |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | futures contract |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | option |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | derivative |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | linguistics |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | word |