FACTOID # 51: Russia won the first World Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included hang-gliding, sky-surfing, and ballooning.
 
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Encyclopedia > Time derivative

A time derivative is a derivative of a function with respect to time, t. It is often used in physics to solve mechanics problems. In mathematics, the derivative is one of the two central concepts of calculus. ... When stuff moves. ...


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Derivative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2316 words)
Velocity (instantaneous velocity; the concept of average velocity predates calculus) is the derivative (with respect to time) of an object's position.
Acceleration is the derivative (with respect to time) of an object's velocity, that is, the second derivative (with respect to time) of an object's position.
The common thread is that the derivative at a point serves as a linear approximation of the function at that point.
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