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Submitted by
emathguy
on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 13:11
Here are definitions for some common mathematical terms.
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Absolute Value
Absolute Value Function
Acute Angle
Acute Triangle
Addition Property of Equality
Adjacent Angles
Adjacent Arcs
Algebraic Expression
Alternate Exterior Angles
Alternate Interior Angles
Altitude of a Prism
Altitude of a Triangle
Amplitude
Angle
Angle Bisector
Angle of Depression
Angle of Elevation
Angle of Rotation
Apothem of a Regular Polygon
Arc
Arc Length
Argument
Asymptote
Attribute
Axiom
Axis
Bar Graph
Base Angles of a Trapezoid
Base Angles of an Isosceles Triangle
Base of a Power
Base of a Prism
Base of an Isosceles Triangle
Bases of a Trapezoid
Between
Biconditional Statement
Binomial
Binomial Distribution
Binomial Experiment
Bivariate
Boolean Variable
Bound
Bounded
Cavalieri's Principle
Center of Dilation
Center of Rotation
Center of Symmetry
Center of a Circle
Center of a Regular Polygon
Central Angle of a Circle
Central Angle of a Regular Polygon
Centroid
Centroid
Chord of a Circle
Chord of a Sphere
Circle
Circular Function
Circumcenter
Circumference
Circumscribed
Circumscribed Angle
Circumscribed Circle
Coefficient
Cofunction
Collinear Points
Column Matrix
Combination
Common Tangent
Complement
Complementary Angles
Component Form
Composite Function
Composition of Transformations
Compound Event
Compound Inequality
Concave
Concentric Circles
Conclusion
Concurrent
Conditional
Conditional Probability
Conditional Relative Frequency
Conditional Statement
Cone
Congruence Transformation
Congruent
Congruent Angles
Congruent Arcs
Congruent Circles
Congruent Figures
Congruent Segments
Conjecture
Conjugate Axis
Conjugate Radius
Consecutive Angles
Consecutive Interior Angles
Constant
Constant Function
Constraint
Construction
Continuous Function
Contrapositive
Converse
Convex
Convex Polygon
Coordinate
Coordinate Plane
Coordinate Proof
Coplanar points
Corollary to a Theorem
Corresponding Angles
Corresponding Parts
Cosecant Function
Cosine
Cosine Function
Cotangent Function
Coterminal Angles
Counterexample
Cramer's Rule
Critical Point
Cycle
Cylinder
Data
Decagon
Deductive Reasoning
Defined terms
Definite Integral
Degree
Degree of a Monomial
Denominator
Density
Dependent Events
Dependent Variable
Derivative
Determinant
Diagonal
Diameter
Difference
Dilation
Direct Variation Function
Directed Line Segment
Directrix
Directrix Radius
Discrete
Disjoint Events
Displacement
Distance
Distance from a Point to a Line
Distance from a Point to a Plane
Distributive Property
Division Property of Equality
Domain
Eccentricity
Edge of a Polygon
Element
Ellipse
Endpoints
Enlargement
Equal
Equation
Equiangular Polygon
Equiangular Triangle
Equidistant
Equilateral Polygon
Equilateral Triangle
Equivalent Fractions
Equivalent Statements
Evaluate
Even Function
Event
Expansion by Minors
Experimental Probability
Exponent
Exponential Function
Expression
Exterior Angle of a Polygon
Exterior Angles
Exterior of an Angle
External Segment
Extreme of a Proportion
Face
Factor
Factorial
Feasible Region
Flowchart Proof (Flow Proof)
Focal Radius
Focus
Formula
Fraction
Frequency
Function
Function Notation
Geometric Mean
Geometric Probability
Glide Reflection
Graph
Great Circle
Greatest Integer Function
Grouping Symbols
Heptagon
Hero's Formula
Hexagon
Horizontal Component
Hypotenuse
Hypothesis
Identity Function
If-Then Statement
Image
Improper Fraction
Incenter
Independent Events
Indeterminate Form
Indirect Proof
Inductive Reasoning
Inequality
Initial Point
Inscribed Angle
Inscribed Polygon
Inside Function
Integer
Intercepted Arc
Interior Angles
Interior of an Angle
Intersection
Inverse
Inverse Cosine
Inverse Sine
Inverse Tangent
Inverse Variation Function
Inverse of a Function
Invertible
Irrational Number
Isosceles Trapezoid
Isosceles Triangle
Joint Frequency
Joint Relative Frequency
Kite
Lateral Area
Lateral Edge of a Prism
Lateral Face of a Prism
Lateral Surface of a Cone
Law of Cosines
Law of Sines
Least Common Denominator
Legs of a Right Triangle
Legs of a Trapezoid
Legs of an Isosceles Triangle
Length of a Line Segment
Like Terms
Limit
Line
Line Graph
Line Perpendicular to a Plane
Line Segment
Line Symmetry
Line of Reflection
Line of Symmetry
Linear Equation
Linear Function
Linear Pair
Lowest Terms
Major Arc
Major Axis
Major Radius
Marginal Frequency
Marginal Relative Frequency
Mathematical Expectation
Matrix
Mean of a Proportion
Measure of a Major Arc
Measure of a Minor Arc
Measure of an Angle
Median of a Trapezoid
Median of a Triangle
Midpoint
Midsegment of a Trapezoid
Midsegment of a Triangle
Minor
Minor Arc
Minor Axis
Minor Radius
Mixed Number
Monomial
Multiplication
Multiplication Property of Equality
Multiplicative Inverse
Mutually Exclusive Events
Natural Number
Negation
Negative
Noncollinear
Noncoplanar
Number Sentence
Numerator
Numerical Expression
Oblique Prism
Obtuse Angle
Obtuse Triangle
Octagon
Odd Function
One-to-one Function
Open Sentence
Opposite Rays
Opposites
Ordered Pair
Ordinate
Origin
Orthocenter
Outcome
Outside Function
Overlapping Events
Paragraph Proof
Parallel Lines
Parallel Planes
Parallelogram
Parameter
Parametric Equations
Pentagon
Perimeter
Period
Periodic Function
Permutation
Perpendicular Bisector
Perpendicular Lines
Phase Displacement
Piecewise Function
Plane
Point
Point of Concurrency
Point of Inflection
Point of Tangency
Point-Slope Form
Polygon
Polyhedron
Polynomial
Polynomial Function
Population Density
Positive
Postulate
Power
Power Function
Preimage
Prime Number
Prism
Probability
Probability Distribution
Probability Experiment
Probability of an Event
Product
Proof
Proper Fraction
Proportion
Pythagorean Triple
Quadrant
Quadratic Function
Quadrilateral
Quotient
Radian
Radical
Radicand
Radius of a Circle
Radius of a Regular Polygon
Random Experiment
Random Variable
Range
Ratio
Rational Function
Rational Number
Ray
Real Number
Reciprocal
Rectangle
Reduction
Reference Angle
Reflection
Reflexive Property of Congruence
Reflexive Property of Equality
Regular Polygon
Relation
Relatively Prime
Removable Discontinuity
Replacement Set
Rhombus
Right Angle
Right Prism
Right Triangle
Rigid Motion
Root
Rotation
Rotational Symmetry
Row Matrix
Same-Side Interior Angles
Sample Space
Scalar
Scalar Multiplication
Scale factor
Scalene Triangle
Scatterplot
Secant
Secant Function
Secant Segment
Second Order Determinant
Sector of a Circle
Segment
Segment Bisector
Segments of a Chord
Semicircle
Semiperimeter
Side of a Polygon
Sides of an Angle
Similar
Similar Arcs
Similar Figures
Similar Solids
Similarity Transformation
Simplify
Sine
Sine Function
Sinusoid
Sinusoidal Axis
Skew Lines
Slope
Slope-Intercept Form
Solid
Solution
Solve
Solve a Right Triangle
Space
Sphere
Square
Square Matrix
Standard Equation of a Circle
Standard Form of a Linear Equation
Standard Position of an Angle
Statistics
Step Discontinuity
Step Function
Straight Angle
Substitution Property of Equality
Subtend
Subtraction Property of Equality
Sum
Supplementary Angles
Surface Area
Symmetric Property of Congruence
Symmetric Property of Equality
System of Equations
Tangent
Tangent Circles
Tangent Function
Tangent Line
Tangent Segment
Tangent of a Circle
Term
Terminal Point
Theorem
Theoretical Probability
Third Order Determinant
Total Area
Transformation
Transitive Property of Congruence
Transitive Property of Equality
Translation
Transversal
Transverse Radius
Tranverse Axis
Trapezoid
Trial
Triangle
Trichotomy Property
Trigonometric Ratio
Trinomial
Truth Table
Truth Value
Two-Column Proof
Two-Way Table
Unbounded
Undefined terms
Unit Analysis
Value of a Variable
Variable
Variable Expression
Vector
Venn Diagram
Vertex Angle
Vertex of a Polygon
Vertex of a Triangle
Vertex of an Angle
Vertical Angles
Vertical Component
Vertical Line Test
Volume
Whole Number
Zero Matrix
n Factorial
n-gon
x-intercept
y-intercept
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