Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun partial_derivative

1 sense of partial derivative

Sense 1
partial derivative, partial -- (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)
       => derived function, derivative, differential coefficient, differential, first derivative -- (the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx)