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- limit
- The target value that terms in a
sequence of numbers are getting closer to. This limit is not necessarily
ever reached; the numbers in the
sequence eventually get arbitrarily close to the limit.
- line
- A continuous extent of length containining two or more points (cfLines, Rays, and Planes).
- line graph
- A diagram showing a system of connections or interrelations between two or more things
by using lines.
- line segment
- A piece of a line with endpoints at both ends (cfLines, Rays, and Planes).
- linear function
- A function of the form
f(x) = mx + b
where m and b are some fixed numbers. The names "m" and "b" are traditional. Functions
of this kind are called "linear" because their graphs are straight lines
(cfLinear Functions).
- logarithm
- The exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number. An example: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10. One can look at this way: 10 * 10 = 100, which is the same as 102, and 2 is the exponent referred to above (cfExponents and Logarithms Discussion and Trees as Data Structures Discussion).
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