second derivative

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noun

Mathematics.

1. the derivative of the derivative of a function.

   Acceleration is the second derivative of distance with respect to time.

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Here we examine how the second derivative test can be used to determine whether a function has a local extremum at a critical point.

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Find the second derivative of the position function and explain its physical meaning.

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Find and interpret the meaning of the second derivative.

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To apply the second derivative test, it is necessary that we first find the critical points of the function.

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From this simple animism the belief shades off by insensible gradations into the second, derivative form or phase above referred to, which is a more or less articulate belief in an inscrutable preternatural agency.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein