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derivative (maths)

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In mathematics, the limit of the gradient of a chord linking two points on a curve as the distance between the points tends to zero; for a function of a single variable, y = f(x), it is denoted by f ′(x), Df(x), or dy/dx, and is equal to the gradient of the curve.



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