derisory
— Adjective
– English
～ so unreasonable as to invite derision; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
derivable
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of being derived
derivation
— Noun
– English
～ a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
derivation
— Noun
– English
～ inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
derivation
— Noun
– English
～ drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
derivation
— Noun
– English
～ (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
derivation
— Noun
– English
～ the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
derivation
— Noun
– English
～ drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
derivation
— Noun
– English
～ (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations"
derivation
— Noun
– English
～ the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation"
derivational
— Adjective
– English
～ characterized by inflections indicating a semantic relation between a word and its base; "the morphological relation between `sing' and `singer' and `song' is derivational"
derivative
— Adjective
– English
～ resulting from or employing derivation; "a derivative process"; "a highly derivative prose style"
derivative
— Noun
– English
～ a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound
derivative
— Noun
– English
～ the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
derivative
— Noun
– English
～ (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'"
derivative
— Noun
– English
～ a financial instrument whose value is based on another security
derive
— Verb
– English
～ obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"
derive
— Verb
– English
～ come from; "The present name derives from an older form"
derive
— Verb
– English
～ come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
derive
— Verb
– English
～ develop or evolve from a latent or potential state