Partial Derivative

Type it

Ways to write the Partial Derivative symbol
UnicodeU+2202
LaTeX\partial
HTML entity∂
Character∂

Meaning

Denotes a derivative with respect to one variable while the other variables are held fixed. Compare with Nabla and Integral.

How to read it

∂f/∂x

is read “the partial derivative of f with respect to x”.

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