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  1. In mathematics, the limit of the gradient of
  2. a chord between two points on a curve as the
  3. distance between the points tends to zero;
  4. for a function with a single variable, y =
  5. f(x), it is denoted by f'(x), Df(x), or
  6. dy/dx, and is equal to the gradient of the
  7. curve.
  8.