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derivative

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++de·riv·a·tive1 /dɪˈrɪvətɪv/ AWL noun [countable]  1 COME FROM/ORIGINATEsomething that has developed or been produced from something else 派生物,提取物,衍生物derivative of Heroin is a derivative of morphine. 海洛因是吗啡的提取物。2 a type of financial investment (金融)衍生品 the derivatives market 金融衍生品市场
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derivativeThe BAe 1000, a derivative of the highly successful BAe 125-800, will be produced at its Chester factory.The upcoming Voxan clearly uses a derivative of the firm's 72, double overhead cam V-twin.The rise of credit derivatives makes it difficult to determine which banks are exposed to a particular risk.For simplicity, we have also omitted the transfer function and its first derivative in order to amplify the weight change process.The appendix by Bouveault considered carboxyl groups and its derivatives and substituents.A debate is raging now in finance circles and Congress over whether the value of derivatives should be recorded in corporate books.Perhaps it could be large if the second derivative of f is small, and viceversa.Bear Stearns' units are the third such derivatives subsidiary.In the derivative market, insurance companies have scaled back their purchases of Remic securities.derivative ofThe drug is a derivative of Vitamin A.
derivative2 adjective  COPYnot new or invented, but copied or taken from something else – used to show disapproval 非独创的,模仿他人的,抄袭的〔含贬义〕 a derivative text 依样画葫芦的文章
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derivativeThis season's TV shows are all pretty dull and derivative.But most of the content of Margery's thinking was derivative.a derivative artistic styleThis is less of a problem here, since rap is derivative by nature.Surrealism and science fiction are derivative from the unrealities, consoling or menacing, of fairyland.Sometimes the derivative models achieved success through a particular artist holding on to their subaltern guitar long after they'd made it.This relatively new style of music is derivative of ragtime and blues.No effort has been stinted in polishing this painfully derivative picture as if it were a diamond instead of strictly paste.In this interpretation rights to the reproduction of derivative works of art rest with the printer.
From Longman Business Dictionaryderivativede‧riv‧a‧tive /dɪˈrɪvətɪv/ noun [countable usually plural]FINANCE something such as an OPTION (=the right to buy or sell something at a particular price within a particular period) or a FUTURE (=a fixed price that you pay now for delivery of something in the future) based on UNDERLYING assets such as shares, bonds, and currenciesDerivatives often offer investors an easy way to make bets in markets that might be otherwise inaccessible.
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derivative
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derivative1 AC /dɪˈrɪvətɪv/ noun [countable]
 Word Family: verb: derive; noun: derivative
1. something that has developed or been produced from something else
    derivative of
    Heroin is a derivative of morphine.
2. a type of financial investment:
    the derivatives market

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derivative2 adjective
not new or invented, but copied or taken from something else – used to show disapproval:
    a derivative text


de·riva·tive AW BrE /dɪˈrɪvətɪv/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈrɪvətɪv/ 🔊 nouna word or thing that has been developed or produced from another word or thing 派生词;衍生字;派生物;衍生物'Happiness' is a derivative of 'happy'. happiness 是 happy 的派生词。🔊🔊Crack is a highly potent and addictive derivative of cocaine. 强效纯可卡因是一种药效极强、容易使人上瘾的可卡因制剂。🔊🔊
de·riva·tive AW BrE /dɪˈrɪvətɪv/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈrɪvətɪv/ 🔊 adjective(usually disapproving) copied from sth else; not having new or original ideas 模仿他人的;缺乏独创性的a derivative design/style 沿袭前人的设计/样式