derivative
ਡੈਰੀਵੇਟਿਵ
definition
noun
a derivative of the system was chosen for the Marine Corps’ V-22 tilt rotor aircraft
something that is based on another source.
adjective
an artist who is not in the slightest bit derivative
(typically of an artist or work of art) imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason.
example
Buyers were delighted to have something to sell, but I felt that the show was too 'derivative' , and betrayed a lack of the energy and fire that made him such an entertaining part of our fashion week.
This assumption has moreover been used to portray Native American writing as 'derivative' and imitative of Western literary traditions.
However, contemporaries now subscribe to the notion that the term brioche is a 'derivative' of the Norman word for pound, broyer.
These include singular solutions to differential equations, a change of variables formula, and a way of relating the derivative of a function to the 'derivative' of the inverse function.
Thus, the holders of Barrie's copyright claim a perpetual right to control 'derivative' works based on Peter Pan, even though the original work passed into the public domain.
The modern territorial state upon which it was based was a 'derivative' of the Italian Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation.
For a musical about one the century's most original artists, there was a whole lot of 'derivative' going on.
And so I started switching from these endless 'derivative' novels to trying to write parts for actors, and I've been doing so ever since.
Her name was a 'derivative' of the French word for ‘friend’.
The state-of-the-art animation techniques and the space flight sequences look impressive, but fail to inject any excitement into the lifeless and 'derivative' plot.
He will release the 'derivative' work as an MP3 single.
Plagiarism - a 'derivative' of the Latin word for kidnapping - literally means to steal someone else's words or ideas and take credit for them.
It is possible to use unrealized gains in financial assets (including 'derivative' contracts) as collateral for further purchases.
The term tempura is a 'derivative' of the Portuguese tempuras, meaning Friday, the day on which Christians were forbidden to consume meat.
Permit others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and 'derivative' works based upon it only for noncommercial purposes.
They called the wine tintashu, combining the Japanese word for sake with a 'derivative' of the Portuguese word for red.
The word nucleus is a 'derivative' of the Latin word nux, meaning nut or kernel.
Because, even as a kid, I was fascinated by the way people expressed themselves, it wasn't long before I came across a London 'derivative' of London back-slang.
For example, the alcohol 'derivative' of methane is methanol and of ethane is ethanol.
He related the ornament, as we do today to the art of such insular manuscripts as the Book of Kells and the Book of Durrow; indeed, he saw Pictish art as 'derivative' from these sources.
With gameplay more 'derivative' of the Harlem Globetrotters than the NBA, players bust insane ankle-breaking moves to confuse and fake out opponents on their way to the hoop.
Foreign banks have a more sophisticated system for evaluating and pricing credit risks associated with 'derivative' products.
In 1913 he was overwhelmed by the European modernism exhibited at the Armory Show and his style entered an eclectic, 'derivative' phase, influenced by Gauguin, Matisse, and van Gogh.
I particularly remember a poem which was very 'derivative' of English poetry called ‘Fugue’ by Neville Dawes, a Jamaican novelist and poet.
Moricizine is a phenothiazine 'derivative' , without significant activity on the dopaminergic system.
These include equities, bonds, currencies and more complex 'derivative' products such as futures and option products.
Would Fitzgerald have been disappointed by the 'derivative' script grounded in the conventions of the nineteenth-century realist novel?
The curators must exhibit art that clearly demonstrates the relationship between the two schools - which often means showing the modern work that is most 'derivative' of the Spanish example.
They customarily provided a plan or plot summary of the new offering, a convention that made the repetitive and 'derivative' nature of modern playwriting all the more obvious.
The whole album is so fresh and so distantly related to anything that has come out in years that it begs for attention in a sea of Pop Idols, 'derivative' rock/metal and endless amounts of Hip Hop.
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