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Derivative 1. derived. 2. not original; secondary. -n. 3. something derived or derivative. 4. Gram. a form that has undergone derivation from another , as atomic from atom. 5. Chem. a substance or compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another substance or compound. 6. Also called derived function: esp. Brit., differntial coefficient. Math. the limit of the ratio of the increment of a function to the increment of a variable in it as the latter tends to 0; the instantaneous change of one quantity with respect to another, as velocity, which is the instantaneous change of distance with respect to time. 7. Psychoanal. behavior that allows expression of an id impulse with a minimum of anxiety.
[Urdang, Laurence, ed. Random House Dictionary of The English Language. New York: Random House, 1968.]
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