HOW TO PRONOUNCE
derivative
/dɚˈɪvətɪv/
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Stress “riv,” the second syllable.
Use four syllables, with a light r-colored opening. Keep the remaining vowels less prominent than the stressed short i, and finish with a voiced v.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The plot feels derivative of an earlier film.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does derivative mean?
adjective
- Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
- Imitative of the work of someone else.
- Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
More meanings (9)
adjective
- Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
noun
- Something derived.
- A word formed by derivation, such as stylish from style.
- A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
- A chemical derived from another.
- The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or (df)/(dx) in Leibniz's notation, ̇f(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent variable is time).
- The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.
- Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.
- The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɚˈɪvətɪv/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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This direct, subjective value of leisure and of other evidences of wealth is no doubt in great part secondary and derivative.
Kluge, however, seems to reject the interpretation "protector, defender," and to see in the word a derivative from the "nature-sound" pa.
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This happy innovation is not a derivative of reason or personal development, but solely the gift and operation of the Holy Ghost.
Leaving on one side, for the moment, the question of intuitive knowledge, let us consider the above suggested definition of derivative knowledge.
He supposed that native term, which he found and did not introduce, to be a derivative from the verb BAIA, or BIAI, 'to make.'