(idea) by BinarOne Sun Apr 02 2000 at 4:09:37
A term used to express the measurable change of a variable over a measurable change in another variable. An example of this is when one measures the average speed of a traveler by timing the traveler twice (at the beginning and end of the journey) and using it to divide the total distance traveled.

See also: instantaneous rate of change
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