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Definition of a Derivative

Jimmy: Mr. Herrig said to use the definition of a derivative to solve the question.
Anna: That’s for losers, just use the power rule
by Illumination87 October 25, 2019
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equity derivative

(FINANCE) a financial derivative whose underlying asset is a stock. The simplest kinds include the equity swap and the option.

As opposed to currency derivatives, interest rate derivatives, commodity derivatives, and so on. An equity swap typically involves an "equity side" of the transaction AND something else, like interest rates or oil prices.

Equity derivatives can be written on indices (e.g., the S&P 500, the FTSE-100, NASDAQ) as well as on stocks. In fact, they are often bought "out of the money" by mutual fund managers as insurance against a catastrophic decline in the fund value.
One other reason that poison pills are back in favor is the growth of synthetic equity derivative swap transactions, where a “short party” agrees to pay a “long party” the cash flows from a particular amount of a target company’s stock. In exchange, the long party agrees to pay a fee and to cover any decrease in the market value of the stock ... Through such transactions, a long party can suddenly become a significant stockholder of a target company without warning.

--Dykema Gossett & Andrew H. Connor "The poison pill resurgence," Lexology (15 March 2010)
by Abu Yahya April 15, 2010
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sexual derivative

Unable to persuade is bedmate to engage in lovemaking he tried to ply out of her an agreement for a sexual derivative instead.
by yalebno February 4, 2010
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derivatize

a slang term for finding the derivative of a function
Every problem on last night's homework required me to derivatize a function
by it's hip to be a square January 25, 2007
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polymeric falcighol derivation

A complex algorithm that is often associated with the Marina Web (Level 5 Web); needed to access said web. The Marina Web is the deepest part of the internet and is only rumored to exist. (It has been said that 80% of the Internet exists here.) It has been called the "Vatican Secret Archives" of the web. Containing archives of Historical documents, Government secrets, plans, records, ETC... However the computing power/knowledge needed to process and compute the algorithm is quantum computing. Which is still in its early stages and takes use of the quantum-mechanical phenomena. Many often write it off as a hoax however no evidence proofing or dis-proofing exists. An anomaly was discovered by super deep web scans in the early 2000's.
The Polymeric Falcighol Derivation is a quantum algorithm used for quantum computing.
by 11.3500° N, 142.2000° E February 24, 2015
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Derivatives

Quiz: Find the derivatives of the following.

#1: e^(-2coscsc4x)(4pitan/-7secx)^cos6x.

Me: *blank stare*
by Sid Barrett December 9, 2008
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derivatate

the act of using derivatives, which is part of calculus, but ignoring proper grammar and English due to the fact it's not an English class.
Grant: Hey Derrek how do you do number 25 in section 4.1
Derrek: easy just derivatate it.
Grant: is that proper English?
Derrek: are we in an English class?
by dman8818 May 21, 2010
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