Derivative
noun
Something that is based on another source.
Her research paper was derivative of the professor's work.
Often appears as...
- derivative work
- derivative source
adjective
Imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc.
His painting style is largely derivative.
Often appears as...
- derivative style
- derivative work
noun
A financial product, such as futures or options, which has a value based on the future price of something else.
He lost all his savings investing in risky derivatives.
Often appears as...
- commodity derivative
- risky derivative
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Formal
Technical
noun
In mathematics, a derivative is a measure of how a function changes as its input changes.
We were taught how to calculate the derivative of a function.
Often appears as...
- calculate the derivative
- derivative of a function
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Technical
noun
Something that is based on another source.
Her research paper was derivative of the professor's work.
Often appears as...
- derivative work
- derivative source
adjective
Imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc.
His painting style is largely derivative.
Often appears as...
- derivative style
- derivative work
noun
A financial product, such as futures or options, which has a value based on the future price of something else.
He lost all his savings investing in risky derivatives.
Often appears as...
- commodity derivative
- risky derivative
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
In mathematics, a derivative is a measure of how a function changes as its input changes.
We were taught how to calculate the derivative of a function.
Often appears as...
- calculate the derivative
- derivative of a function
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Originality Questioned
A 'derivative' work may lack originality, suggesting it borrows heavily from another source.
Critics dismissed the novel as derivative.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Negative Always
'Derivative' can be neutral, not always negative, simply describing the origin of inspiration.
His architecture is derivative of Roman styles.
Pro Tip 1/2Originality Questioned
A 'derivative' work may lack originality, suggesting it borrows heavily from another source.
Critics dismissed the novel as derivative.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Negative Always
'Derivative' can be neutral, not always negative, simply describing the origin of inspiration.
His architecture is derivative of Roman styles.
Pro Tip 1/2Originality Questioned
A 'derivative' work may lack originality, suggesting it borrows heavily from another source.
Critics dismissed the novel as derivative.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Negative Always
'Derivative' can be neutral, not always negative, simply describing the origin of inspiration.
His architecture is derivative of Roman styles.
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And what would that even sound like? To be clear, musicians have been taught to be really protective over our IP, and that's for really good reason. But I'm trying to think of ways to make this new capability mutually beneficial. So to allow people to use my voice but still to maintain the ability to approve certain derivative works.
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worldwide right and license to use, copy, store, perform, display, reproduce, record, play, adapt, modify and distribute the content, prepare derivative works of the content, or incorporate the content into other works and grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing in any media now known or hereafter created."
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Comedy seems to live here, to subsist on the illogic of logical contradiction and its derivatives. We laugh when the order we project on the world is disrupted and disproven, like when the way we all act contradicts truths we don't like talking about, or when strange observations we all make
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Let's use video to...
the world and you know these are just a few this is actually from one of the original calculus videos and someone wrote just on YouTube who was a youtube comment first time I smiled doing a derivative let's pause here this person did a derivative and then they smiled
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I mean in accounting there are legitimate ways that they can present their numbers in a better light and those of course are like I say legitimate and they're going to try to use them to their advantage there are also as you alluded to derivative
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But all these things take time. And I'm impatient. See, I've been thinking about this for eight years now. Ever since I left my job as a derivative trader to build a web application to help students learn mathematics.
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
and two tools helped bring the death breakdown one was killing the mosquitoes with DDT and the other was treating the patients with quinine or quinine derivatives and so that's why the death
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
So it was everywhere. And two tools helped bring the death rate down. One was killing the mosquitos with DDT. The other was treating the patients with quinine, or quinine derivatives.
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Engineering the...
perfect square we arrived at four triangles every single element of the design uses derivatives of these three shapes
Video examples
Wii remote hacks PIPE...
in which a single individual can actually spread an idea around the world. I'm doing some research in my lab with a video camera, and within the first week, a million people had seen this work, and literally within days, engineers, teachers and students from around the world were already posting their own YouTube videos of them using my system or derivatives of this work.
Video examples
What if You Could Sing...
And what would that even sound like? To be clear, musicians have been taught to be really protective over our IP, and that's for really good reason. But I'm trying to think of ways to make this new capability mutually beneficial. So to allow people to use my voice but still to maintain the ability to approve certain derivative works.
Video examples
How tech companies...
worldwide right and license to use, copy, store, perform, display, reproduce, record, play, adapt, modify and distribute the content, prepare derivative works of the content, or incorporate the content into other works and grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing in any media now known or hereafter created."
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What's the definition of...
Comedy seems to live here, to subsist on the illogic of logical contradiction and its derivatives. We laugh when the order we project on the world is disrupted and disproven, like when the way we all act contradicts truths we don't like talking about, or when strange observations we all make
Video examples
Let's use video to...
the world and you know these are just a few this is actually from one of the original calculus videos and someone wrote just on YouTube who was a youtube comment first time I smiled doing a derivative let's pause here this person did a derivative and then they smiled
Video examples
Pulling back the curtain...
I mean in accounting there are legitimate ways that they can present their numbers in a better light and those of course are like I say legitimate and they're going to try to use them to their advantage there are also as you alluded to derivative
Video examples
This company pays kids...
But all these things take time. And I'm impatient. See, I've been thinking about this for eight years now. Ever since I left my job as a derivative trader to build a web application to help students learn mathematics.
Video examples
Mosquitos, malaria and...
and two tools helped bring the death breakdown one was killing the mosquitoes with DDT and the other was treating the patients with quinine or quinine derivatives and so that's why the death
Video examples
Mosquitos, malaria and...
So it was everywhere. And two tools helped bring the death rate down. One was killing the mosquitos with DDT. The other was treating the patients with quinine, or quinine derivatives.
Video examples
Engineering the...
perfect square we arrived at four triangles every single element of the design uses derivatives of these three shapes
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Margo Jefferson
American Critic
Clever of me to become a critic. We critics scrutinize and show off to a higher end. For a greater good. Our manners, our tastes, our declarations are welcomed. Superior for life. Except when we're not. Except when we're dismissed or denounced as envious or petty, as derivatives and dependents by nature. Second class for life.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not just for fuel but also plastic. If plastic vanished, there would be total chaos. We have to think quite carefully about using oil and its derivatives, because it's not going to be around forever.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it.
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Morgan Saylor
American Actress
I'm such a dork, but I really think there are derivatives to be found between story arcs and character motivations. And the way you evaluate functions is a really interesting way to look at stories and the way you act. I really believe it.
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Jeff Greene
American Businessman
Do we have to regulate derivatives? Yes, we do. 'Cause when I did this in my investments, frankly, no one knew who could pay who. But derivatives have an important place in our economy.
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Sebastian Faulks
British Novelist
Life can be lived at a remove. You trade in futures, and then you trade in derivatives of futures. Banks make more money trading derivatives than they do trading actual commodities.
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Fred Ehrsam
American Businessman
People far too often associate derivatives markets with mere speculation, but there are very legitimate businesses that need derivatives to protect themselves against risk.
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Mark Cuban
American Businessman
I am telling you, the world's first trillionaires are going to come from somebody who masters A.I. and all its derivatives and applies it in ways we never thought of.
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Anthony Storr
English Author
Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall back on my own, however derivative.
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Jim Himes
American Politician
The discussion of derivatives in the political world has become a zero sum game.
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Margo Jefferson
American Critic
Clever of me to become a critic. We critics scrutinize and show off to a higher end. For a greater good. Our manners, our tastes, our declarations are welcomed. Superior for life. Except when we're not. Except when we're dismissed or denounced as envious or petty, as derivatives and dependents by nature. Second class for life.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not just for fuel but also plastic. If plastic vanished, there would be total chaos. We have to think quite carefully about using oil and its derivatives, because it's not going to be around forever.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it.
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Morgan Saylor
American Actress
I'm such a dork, but I really think there are derivatives to be found between story arcs and character motivations. And the way you evaluate functions is a really interesting way to look at stories and the way you act. I really believe it.
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Jeff Greene
American Businessman
Do we have to regulate derivatives? Yes, we do. 'Cause when I did this in my investments, frankly, no one knew who could pay who. But derivatives have an important place in our economy.
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Sebastian Faulks
British Novelist
Life can be lived at a remove. You trade in futures, and then you trade in derivatives of futures. Banks make more money trading derivatives than they do trading actual commodities.
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Fred Ehrsam
American Businessman
People far too often associate derivatives markets with mere speculation, but there are very legitimate businesses that need derivatives to protect themselves against risk.
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Mark Cuban
American Businessman
I am telling you, the world's first trillionaires are going to come from somebody who masters A.I. and all its derivatives and applies it in ways we never thought of.
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Anthony Storr
English Author
Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall back on my own, however derivative.
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Jim Himes
American Politician
The discussion of derivatives in the political world has become a zero sum game.
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