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directional derivatives

directional derivatives is the plural of directional derivative.

Meaning of directional derivative

Noun

directional derivative (plural directional derivatives)

  1. A function which measures the rate of change of some other function at any point in a particular direction; formally, the directional derivative of a scalar function f( mathbf x)=f(x_1,x_2,…,x_n) along a vector mathbf v=(v_1,…,v_n) is the function ∇_(mathbf v)f defined by the limit ∇_(mathbf v)f( mathbf x)= lim _(h→0)(f( mathbf x+h mathbf v)-f( mathbf x))/h.

Questions about directional derivatives

What is directional derivatives the plural of?
Directional derivatives is the plural of directional derivative.

Words near directional derivatives in the dictionary

  1. direction vectors
  2. directional
  3. directional case
  4. directional cases
  5. directional derivative
  6. directional derivatives
  7. directional driller
  8. directional drillers
  9. directional gyro
  10. directional gyros
  11. directional interchange

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