partial derivative

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymspartial

   Broaderderived function

Questions about partial derivative

What does partial derivative mean?

partial derivative means "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".

What is another word for partial derivative?

Close synonyms include partial. 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 partial derivative a common word?

partial 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.