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DERIVATIVE

10 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 20 pts

DERIVATIVE is a valid 10-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 20 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

adjective
  1. Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
    • a derivative conveyance
    • a derivative word
  2. Imitative of the work of someone else.
  3. Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
  4. Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
noun
  1. Something derived.
  2. A word formed by derivation, such as stylish from style.
  3. A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
  4. A chemical derived from another.
  5. 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 derivative of x² is 2x; if f(x)#61;x², then f'(x)#61;2x
  6. 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.
    • The derivative of f(x)#61;x³ at x#61;2 is 12.
  7. Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.
  8. The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.