subderivative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A word derived indirectly, from a derivative of another.
  2. A generalization of the notion of a derivative, defined as the slope of a line that either touches, or is everywhere below the line of a convex function.

Word forms

subderivative subderivatives

Etymology

From sub- + derivative.

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