Derivative vs Ramification - What's the difference?
derivative | ramification |
Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
Imitative of the work of someone else.
(legal, copyright) Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
(finance) Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
Lacking originality.
Something derived.
(linguistics) A word that derives from another one.
(finance) A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
(chemistry) A chemical derived from another.
(calculus) The derived function of a function.
(calculus) The value of this function for a given value of its independent variable.
(botany, anatomy) A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.
* 1829 , Lincoln Phelps, Familiar Lectures on Botany , p. 179:
* 1856 , Neil Arnott & Isaac Hayes, Elements of Physics , pp. 414-5:
An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.
* 1834 , Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy :
* 2009 , The Guardian , Chris Power,
(mathematics) An arrangement of branches.
As an adjective derivative
is .As a noun ramification is
(botany|anatomy) a branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.derivative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a derivative''' conveyance; a '''derivative word
Noun
(en noun)- The derivative of is
- The derivative of at x = 3 is .
Synonyms
* (something derived) spinoff * (finance) contingent claim * derived functionDerived terms
* arithmetic derivative * directional derivative * exterior derivative * * partial derivative * symmetric derivative * time derivative * total derivative * weak derivativeAntonyms
* coincidentalHyponyms
* (finance) option, warrant, swap, convertible security, convertible, convertible bond, credit default swap, credit line note, financial futures contract, financial future, total return swap.ramification
English
(wikipedia ramification)Noun
(en noun)- The character of trees may be studied to advantage [...] in winter, when the forms of the ramification can be seen in the naked boughs [...].
- From the left chamber or ventricle'' of the strong muscular mass, the ''heart'', a large tube arises, called the ''aorta ; and by a continued division or ramification , opens a way for the bright scarlet blood to the very minutest part of the living frame [...].
- The treachery of some of the Jacobite agents (Rashleigh among the rest), and the arrest of others, had made George the First's Government acquainted with the extensive ramifications of a conspiracy long prepared, and which at last exploded prematurely [...].
Booksblog, 14 Jul 09:
- But most often and memorably his work falls into that territory best summed up as speculative fiction, with a particular emphasis on dystopian futures and the existential ramifications of space exploration.