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Partial derivative symbol (∂)

 ... Mathematics Area of mathematics Calculus Derivative Partial derivative Partial derivative notation
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Nope, it is not a Greek letter, notably it is not a lowercase delta. It is just some random made up symbol that looks like a letter D. Which is of course derived from delta, which is why it is all so damn confusing.
I think the symbol is usually just read as "D" as in "d f d x" for ∂x∂F(x,y,z)​.

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