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

derivatate

Verb. To take the derivative of

to get from 5x to 5, you derivatate it

by EKI June 6, 2008

Derivatate

To take the derivative of something, but not have to take forever and say "take the derivative of XXXX"

Bro, its not bull, just derivatate the function and you'll have the answer!

by sw_0101 December 4, 2022

derivative drivel

Nonsensical and cumbersome discussion using arguments mostly derived from other people's work with little to no real understanding of the context.

Don't bore me with your derivative drivel on the subject you know very little about

by coldplasma January 15, 2017

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

Derivative Disease

The deindustrialization of a nation's economy that occurs when Wall Street financiers use fictitious capital to finance highly leveraged speculative investments of astronomically high risk that simultaneously devalue the nation's currency and destroy its productive capacity by stifling credit to the real economy.

Those fuckers on Wall Street have plundered our booty and given us all a scorching case of derivative disease

by kiwi_david June 2, 2010

derivakat

a person who makes banger songs! she makes music for the dream smp lore or characters. and sometimes other minecraft youtubers or any streamer in general. she makes covers and her own songs as well.

person 1: hey have you heard of derivakat's new song, 'fireborn' ?

person 2: i haven't, is it good?

person 1: really good! you should check it out and stream it :)

by limeyous July 23, 2021