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ee.Image.derivative
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Computes the X and Y discrete derivatives for each band in the input image, in pixel coordinates.
For each band of the input image, the output image will have two bands named with the suffixes _x and _y, containing the respective derivatives.
| Usage | Returns | Image.derivative() | Image |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: image | Image | The input image. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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