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The way mathematicians like to express this statement is as follows: "For every epsilon greater than zero there is a delta such that for |x-x'| < delta and the difference between and the slope of that line is less than epsilon".
This has a tendency to confuse beginners who are put off by the symbols for delta and epsilon as much as they are by the concepts. However it grows on you, apparently.