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- sector
- A piece of an object. In the spinner, any of the numbered segments is a
"sector"
(cf From Geometry to Probability Discussion).
- self-similarity
- Two or more objects having the same characteristics. In fractals, the shapes of lines at different iterations look like smaller versions of the earlier shapes
(cf Self-Similarity Discussion).
- sequence
- An ordered set whose elements are usually
determined based on
some function of the counting numbers.
- set
- A set is a collection of things, without regard to their order (cf Internet Search and Set Operations Discussion).
- slope of the linear function
- The slope of the line y = mx + b is the rate at which y is changing per unit of change
in x. The units of measurement of the slope are units of y per unit of x
(cfLinear Functions
Discussion).
- square
- A parallelogram with four congruent
sides and four right angles (cfRectangle Discussion).
- standard deviation
- Standard deviation tells how spread out numbers are from the average, calculated by
taking the square root of the arithmetic average of the squares of the deviations
from the mean in a frequency distribution (cf The Normal Distribution Discussion).
- subset
- A subset of a given set is a collection of things that belong to the original set.
- superscript
- In mathematics, superscripts are numbers or letters written above and to the right
of other numbers or letters or symbols indicating how many times the latter is to be used
as a factor. When typing, one can represent a superscript by using the ^ symbol to
indicate raising the number. For example, x3 is the same as x^3, which
equals x * x * x
(cf Trees as Data Structures Discussion).
- surface area
- A measure of the
number of square units needed to cover the outside of a figure
(cfSurface Area and Volume
Discussions).
- symmetry
- The correspondence in size, form, or arrangement of parts on a plane or line. In line symmetry, each point on one side of the line has a corresponding point on the opposite side of the line (picture a butterfly, with wings that are identical on either side). Plane symmetry refers to similar figures being repeated at different but regular locations on the plane (cfSymmetry in Tessellations Discussion).
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