Total derivative

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The Lagrangian derivative is also called the total derivative, fluid derivative, or substantive derivative. It is the time derivative in the fluid frame:

\frac{d}{dt}=\frac{\partial}{\partial t}+\mathbf{v}\cdot\nabla

This page was recovered in October 2009 from the Plasmagicians page on Lagrangian_derivative dated 03:33, 7 June 2006.

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