derivative

1. Copied or adapted from others: a highly derivative prose style.

2. Resulting from or employing derivation: a derivative word; a derivative process.

3. Lacking originality .

4. Made up of or marked by elements.

5. Formed by .

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1. Business An investment that derives its value from another more fundamental investment, as a commitment to buy a bond for a certain sum on a certain date.

2. Chemistry A compound derived or obtained from another and containing essential elements of the parent substance.

3. Linguistics A word formed from another by derivation, such as electricity from electric.

4. Mathematics The instantaneous rate of change of a function with respect to its variable.

5. Mathematics The limiting value of the ratio of the change in a function to the corresponding change in its independent variable.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
derivative	17	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ad	3
ae	2
ai	2
ar	2
at	2
da	3
de	3
ed	3
er	2
et	2
id	3
it	2
re	2
ta	2
te	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aid	4
air	3
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ate	3
ave	6
dee	4
dev	7
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dit	4
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rat	3
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ret	3
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ted	4
tee	3
tie	3
var	6
vat	6
vav	9
vee	6
vet	6
via	6
vid	7
vie	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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aver	7
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date	5
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veer	7
vera	7
vert	7
vide	8
vied	8
vier	7
vita	7
viva	10
vive	10
arie	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aerie	5
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aired	6
aiver	8
arete	5
avert	8
dater	6
davit	9
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treed	6
triad	6
tried	6
varve	11
verve	11
virid	9
vitae	8
vivat	11
vivid	12

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
advert	10
aeried	7
airted	7
dative	10
dearie	7
derate	7
derive	10
dieter	7
divert	10
evader	10
evited	10
ideate	7
reaved	10
redate	7
rediae	7
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retied	7
revive	12
revved	13
teared	7
tidier	7
tiered	7
tirade	7
trivia	9
varied	10
varved	13
verite	9
vervet	12

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
averted	11
deviate	11
revived	14
riveted	11
tardive	11
vetiver	13
vivider	14

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
derivate	12
ideative	12

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
derivative	17