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Math Dictionary: Abscissa

Here are the key details from the math dictionary document in 3 sentences: The document defines over 50 common math terms ranging from basic concepts like absolute value, which is the distance of a number from zero, to more advanced topics like antiderivative, which is a function whose derivative is another given function. Many terms describe geometric shapes and their properties such as acute angle, which is less than 90 degrees, and apothem, the perpendicular distance from the center to a side of a regular polygon. The definitions provide concise explanations of fundamental math concepts, operations, and relationships.

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Math Dictionary: Abscissa

Here are the key details from the math dictionary document in 3 sentences: The document defines over 50 common math terms ranging from basic concepts like absolute value, which is the distance of a number from zero, to more advanced topics like antiderivative, which is a function whose derivative is another given function. Many terms describe geometric shapes and their properties such as acute angle, which is less than 90 degrees, and apothem, the perpendicular distance from the center to a side of a regular polygon. The definitions provide concise explanations of fundamental math concepts, operations, and relationships.

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MATH DICTIONARY

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abscissa:
x-coordinate. The abscissa of the point (a, b) is a.
absolute value:
the distance of a number from zero. The positive value.
acceleration:
the rate of change of velocity. If position is represented by s(t), then velocity
is s'(t) and acceleration is s"(t).
acute angle:
a positive angle that measures less than 90 degrees.
acute triangle:
a triangle each of whose angles measures less than 90 degrees.
additive identity:
The number zero is called the additive identity because when you add it
to a number, N, the result you get is the same number, N.
additive inverse:
the additive inverse of a number, N, is the number that when you add it
to N, the result that you get is zero. The additive inverse of 7 is -7.
The additive inverse of -3 is 3.

adjacent angles:
two angles that share both a side and a vertex.
altitude:
the perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the highest point of the
figure.
amplitude:
half the difference between the largest and smallest function value of a
periodic function.
angle:
the union of two rays with a common endpoint.
antecedent:
the hypothesis of conditional statement. The "if" part of an "if-then"
statement.
antiderivative:
the antiderivative of a function, f(x), is a function, F(x), whose derivative is
f(x). Also called the indefinite integral.
apothem:
the perpendicular distance from the center to a side of a regular polygon.
arc:
the set of points on a circle that lie in the interior of a central angle.
arc length:
s = integral (sqrt (1 + (dy/dx)2)) dx.

arccos:
If x = cos y, then y = arccos x. The inverse of the cosine function.
arccsc:
If x = csc y, then y = arccsc x. The inverse of the cosecant function.
arccot:
If x = cot y, then y = arccot x. The inverse of the cotangent function.
arcsec:
If x = sec y, then y = arcsec x. The inverse of the secant function.
arcsin:
If x = sin y, then y = arcsin x. The inverse of the sine function.
arctan:
If x = tan y, then y = arctan x. The inverse of the tangent function.
argument:
The independent variable in a function.
arithmetic mean:
The sum of a set of numbers divided by the number of numbers. Also
called the average.
arithmetic sequence:
a sequence of numbers of the form
a, a + b, a + 2b, a + 3b, ... , a + (n - 1)b
arithmetic series:
the sum of an arithmetic sequence.

associative property of addition:


(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
associative property of multiplication:
(a * b) * c = a * (b * c)
asymptote:
a straight line that is a close approximation to a curve as the curve goes off
to infinity.
average:
same as arithmetic mean.
axiom:
a statement that is assumed to be true without proof. Postulate.
axis of symmetry:
a line that passes through a figure in such a way that the part of the
figure on one side of the line is a mirror reflection of the part of the
figure on the other side of the line.

B
between:
point B is between points A and C if AB + BC = AC.
biconditional statement:
a compound statement that says one sentence is true if and only
if the other sentence is true.
binary number system:
the number system that uses only 0's and 1's. The places in the
binary numbers are .......2n.......25 , 24, 23, 22, 21, 20.
binomial:
an algebraic expression that is the sum of two terms.
binomial theorem:
the theorem that tells how to expand the expression (a + b)n.
bisect:
to cut something in half.

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