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Noun:
- A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
- A slope or incline.
- calculus Of a function ''y'' = ''f''(''x'') or the graph of such a function, the rate of change of ''y'' with respect to ''x'', that is, the amount by which ''y'' changes for a certain (often unit) change in ''x''.
- physics The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.
- vector A vector operator that maps each value of a scalar field to a vector equal to the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field ?: ?
Source: Wiktionary
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