Hyphenation of derivatives

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word derivatives? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

de-riv-a-tives

Definitions of derivatives:

1.	The result of mathematical differentiation The instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another Df(x)/dx
2.	A compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound
3.	A financial instrument whose value is based on another security
4.	(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word `electricity' is a derivative of `electric'
5.	Resulting from or employing derivation A derivative process A highly derivative prose style

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.