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Submitted by emathguy on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 13:11
Here are definitions for some common mathematical terms. We are continuing to build this resource...
- 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