instrument pochodny — meaning in English
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English meaning
- derivative adj Copying or imitating someone else's work rather than being original.
Senses
instrument pochodny is used for these senses in English:
- derivative (of a function of a single variable f(x)) The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or \frac{df}{dx} in Leibniz's notation, \dot{f}(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent variable is time).
derivative — full definition
- adj Copying or imitating someone else's work rather than being original.
- noun A financial contract whose value is based on an underlying asset, such as a stock or commodity.
- noun In mathematics, a measure of how a function's output changes as its input changes; the rate of change or slope.