“afunction”

The following 2 entries include the term afunction.

derivative of a function

: the limit if it exists of the quotient of an increment of a dependent variable to the corresponding increment of an associated independent variable as the latter increment tends to zero without being zero

a function of

phrase

: something (such as a quality or measurement) that is related to and changes with (something else)


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