What exactly is a partial derivative?

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What exactly is a partial derivative? I have a basic idea of a derivative i.e, I know that dy/dx is rate of change of y with respect to x and that it represents the slope of a curve

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The derivative is the slope of a line touching a 2-d curve.

The Partial derivative is the slope of a line touching a 3-d curve.

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