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What does derivative mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word derivative? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
  2. Imitative of the work of someone else.
  3. (law, copyright law) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
  4. (finance) Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
  5. Lacking originality.
Noun
  1. Something derived.
  2. (linguistics) A word that derives from another one.
  3. (finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
  4. (chemistry) A chemical derived from another.
  5. (calculus) The derived function of a function (the slope at a certain point on some curve
  6. (calculus) The value of this function for a given value of its independent variable.
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