rate of change

[rayt-uhv chaynj]

noun

1. Mathematics.,  the ratio between one variable's change and another variable's corresponding change, such as price over time.

Example Sentences

The rate of change in some regions has been particularly extreme.

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It’s also important, from the perspective of the world humanity may find ourselves living in, to understand that the most significant limit in using the Miocene as a proxy for tomorrow’s world has to do with the drastic difference in the rate of change.

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While they found that infections occurred more often in unvaccinated birds, they also found that in countries with high vaccination rates, there was a higher rate of change in the virus itself.

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Countering ballistic missiles threats is particularly difficult because of those missiles' high speed and the rapid rate of change of aspect in flight - particularly during their terminal phase.

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"They are not equipped to handle warmer conditions and the rate of change is too fast for evolution to keep pace."

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