Rate of change
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Rate of change may refer to:
- DerivativeDerivativeIn calculus, a branch of mathematics, the derivative is a measure of how a function changes as its input changes. Loosely speaking, a derivative can be thought of as how much one quantity is changing in response to changes in some other quantity; for example, the derivative of the position of a...
, rate of change in a mathematical function - Difference quotientDifference quotientThe primary vehicle of calculus and other higher mathematics is the function. Its "input value" is its argument, usually a point expressible on a graph...
, the difference between two output values divided by the difference between the corresponding input values - Rate of change (technical analysis), a stock market concept