Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental. / Imitative of the work of someone else.

Something derived. / (linguistics) A word that derives from another one. / (finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.

plural of derivative

The state or quality of being derivative.

In a derivative fashion

(systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

simple past tense and past participle of derive

(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else. / (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning. / (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).

able to be derived, deducible

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.