first derivative

Questions about first derivative

What does first derivative mean?

first derivative means "the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx".

What is another word for first derivative?

Close synonyms include derived function, derivative, differential coefficient, differential. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is first derivative a common word?

first derivative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.