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FIRST DERIVATIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
Synonyms:
derivative; derived function; differential; differential coefficient; first derivative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("first derivative" is a kind of...):
calculation; computation; figuring; reckoning (problem solving that involves numbers or quantities)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "first derivative"):
curvature (the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve)
partial; partial derivative (the derivative of a function of two or more variables with respect to a single variable while the other variables are considered to be constant)
