Definition:Rate of Change/Time
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Definition
When the independent variable of a rate of change is time, it is commonplace to take that fact for granted, and refer merely to its rate of change.
Dimension
Let a physical quantity $P$ have dimension $\mathsf D$.
Then the rate of change of $P$ with respect to time has dimension $\mathsf {D T}^{-1}$.
Sources
- 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{VI}$: On the Seashore
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): rate of change