MATH WORDS,
AND SOME OTHER WORDS,
OF INTEREST - cont.


If you have suggestions or comments E-mail to: Pat Ballew
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

    N
  1. Nagel Point and Nagel Line
  2. Napoleon's Point
  3. Napoleon's Theorem
  4. Nappe (of a conic surface)
  5. Natural Logarithm base, e
  6. natural logarithm symbol -- ln
  7. Natural Numbers
  8. Nautical Mile
  9. Nebula
  10. Negative
  11. Negative Exponents
  12. Negative, photographic
  13. Nets of Polyhedra (link to a site)
  14. Newton (measure of force/weight)
  15. Newton, Isaac; stained glass image at Trinity Chapel, Cambridge
  16. Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Arts, Chinese Manuscript, World History Wiki link
  17. Nine Men's Morris, the game
  18. Nine Point Circle
  19. Nocebo
  20. Node
  21. Noon
  22. normal
  23. Normal Probability Distribution
  24. Normal Number (number theory)
  25. Number
  26. Number Line
  27. Number sign, #
  28. Numeracy
  29. Numerator
  30. Null Set

    31. O
  31. Obelus, "÷"
  32. Oblate Spheroid
  33. Oblique (triangles or lines)
  34. Oblong
  35. Obtuse
  36. Occam's Razor
  37. Octahedron
  38. Octothorpe, #
  39. Ogee, variation of Ogive
  40. Ogive
  41. One
  42. Optimum
  43. Ordinate
  44. Orthic Triangle
  45. orthocenter (origin of the word)
  46. Orthocenter of a Triangle (properties)
  47. Ortho-centric Tetrahedron
  48. orthogonal
  49. Oval
  50. Ovoid
  51. Oxygen

    52. P
  52. Paciola's Summa de Arithmetica,
  53. Pappus Extension of Pythagorean Theorem
  54. parable
  55. parabola
  56. Paradox
  57. parallel
  58. Parallelepiped
  59. Parasol
  60. Parent Function, a blog about the origin of the term
  61. Parentheses as Grouping Symbols
  62. Parsec (Astronomical distance)
  63. Pareto Graphs
  64. Pareto's Principle
  65. Pascal's Triangle
  66. Peace Curve
  67. Pedal Triangle
  68. Pell's Equation
  69. Pencil, Notes on the History of
  70. Pentagon Theorem, Miquel's
  71. Pentomino
  72. Per cent, %
  73. Perch, early unit of measure
  74. Perfect Numbers
  75. Periapsis
  76. Perigee
  77. Perigon
  78. Perihelion
  79. Perimeter
  80. Period
  81. Periphery
  82. Per Mille
  83. Permuatations
  84. Perpendicular
  85. Per Repiego, Division by Parts
  86. Petersburg Paradox
  87. Phi Function/ Euler's Phi
  88. Philon's Line
  89. Phlogiston
  90. Phosphorus
  91. Photography
  92. pi - p
  93. Pick's Thm.
  94. Pie Chart
  95. Pigeonhole Principle
  96. Placebo
  97. Planet
  98. Platonic Solids
  99. Platykurtic
  100. Plus
  101. Point
  102. Polygon
  103. Polyhedron
  104. Polynomial
  105. Polyomino
  106. Pons Asinorum
  107. Pound
  108. Pound symbol, #
  109. positive
  110. The Postman's Problem
  111. Postulate
  112. Power
  113. Power of a Point to a Circle
  114. Preferrence Voting
  115. Prime
  116. Prime Factorial
  117. Prime Twins, Prime Pairs
  118. Primorial
  119. Prism
  120. Prismoidal Formula from MMP
  121. Probability
  122. Problem of Points, Early Probability History, Blog By Keith Devlin
  123. Product
  124. Prolate Cycloid
  125. Prolate Spheroid
  126. Pronic Numbers
  127. Proper Fraction
  128. Proportion
  129. Prosthaphaeresis
  130. Protractor
  131. Pseudoprimes
  132. Pseudosphere
  133. Ptolemy's Theorem
  134. Pyramid
  135. Pyramidal Numbers
  136. Pyrite
  137. Pythagorean Thm
  138. Pythagorean relation for Spherical Triangles

    139. Q
  139. Q, Symbol for Rational numbers
  140. QED,symbol at end of proofs {and QEF and QEI}
  141. Quadrangle
  142. Quadrant
  143. Quadrants, Numbering I, II, etc
  144. Quadratic
  145. Quadratic Equation, Many Solution methods for and historical notes
  146. Quadratic Formula, several versions
  147. Quadrilateral
  148. Quadrivium
  149. Quartile
  150. Quaternions
  151. Quincunx
  152. Quotient
  153. Quotient Rule Song for Calculus

    154. R
  154. r for coefficient of correlation
  155. Radians
  156. Radical
  157. Radical Axis (Line)
  158. Radius
  159. Range
  160. Ramsey Theory
  161. Random
  162. Ratio
  163. Rational / Rational Numbers
  164. Reciprocal
  165. reckless
  166. reckon
  167. rectangle
  168. rectum
  169. Recursive
  170. Reduction of Fractions
  171. Re-entrant Angle
  172. regent
  173. Regression
  174. Regular Polyhedra
  175. Reflex Angle
  176. Remainder (on Division)
  177. Repeat Bar for Decimals
  178. Repetend
  179. Repunit
  180. Residual
  181. Rhind Papyrus
  182. Rhomboid
  183. Rhombus
  184. Rhumb Lines
  185. right angle
  186. riparian
  187. rival
  188. river
  189. Riviera
  190. Robot
  191. Robust
  192. Rod unit of measure
  193. Rolle's Thm
  194. The Rolling Stones
  195. Root
  196. Roots, Symbols for
  197. Root Mean Square or RMS-Mean
  198. Rotate / Rotation
  199. Roulette
  200. Royal Road to Geometry
  201. Rule of Three
  202. Runs and Streaks, An article on the Probability of Run Lengths
  203. Russian Peasant Multiplication

    204. S
  204. Sabot
  205. sabotage
  206. Saint Petersburg Game
  207. St. Edmondsbury Riddle
  208. Salient Angle
  209. Salamis Tablet (ancient counting board)
  210. Sample
  211. Satellite
  212. Scale
  213. Scalene
  214. Scaler
  215. Science/ Scientist
  216. Score
  217. Scottish Stone Polyhedra
  218. Scratch method of Dividing
  219. Secant
  220. Second
  221. Semi, Semicircle
  222. Set
  223. Sequence
  224. serendipity
  225. Series
  226. Sesquicentennial
  227. Seven Bridges Problem
  228. SGN the SIGN function
  229. Shilling Mark ; "/"
  230. Shock
  231. Sigma Notation
  232. Sigmoid curve
  233. Sign {angle measure}
  234. Similar
  235. Simple Fraction
  236. Simpson's Paradox
  237. Simson Line
  238. Sine
  239. Sine Inverse or Sin-1
  240. Sines, Law of
  241. "Sin of David"
  242. Skew
  243. Skew quadrilateral
  244. Slates
  245. Slide Rule
  246. Slope
  247. Slug (Mass)
  248. Smoot, distance measure
  249. Soddy's Formula
  250. Software
  251. Solarium
  252. Solar System
  253. Solidus, "/"
  254. Solitary Numbers
  255. Soliton
  256. Solve & Solution
  257. Soma Cubes
  258. Sorities Paradox
  259. Sphere / Sphereoid
  260. Spherical Excess Thm
  261. Spherical Triangle
  262. Spieker Point
  263. Square
  264. Square root Symbols
  265. Square Root Methods of Ancients
  266. Stadia or Stadium(length)
  267. Standard Deviation
  268. Standard Deviation Calculating Machine
  269. Stanine
  270. Statistics
  271. Statistics, "Lies, Damned Lies, and ..."
  272. Steiner's Theorem
  273. Stirling's approximation to n!
  274. Stolz-Cesaro Theorem
  275. Stomachian of Archimedes
  276. Stone (unit of weight)
  277. Strombus
  278. Student's T
  279. Subfactorial
  280. Subtract
  281. Subtrahend
  282. Sum
  283. Summa de Arithmetica, by Luca Paciola
  284. Summation Notation,
  285. Sun
  286. Sun Dials
  287. Super Ellipse & Super Egg
  288. Supplementary
  289. Surd
  290. Surface
  291. Surveyor's Chain"
  292. Symbol
  293. Symmedians
  294. Symmetry
  295. Syracuse Problem

    296. T
  296. t - Test
  297. Tally
  298. Tangent
  299. Tangram
  300. tare
  301. Tautochrone
  302. Taxicab Geometry
  303. Taxicab Numbers, 1729
  304. Tchebyshev's theorem(a prime between n and 2n)
  305. Teaching Math, notes on history of..
  306. Teaching Frames; (old arithmetic teaching devices)
  307. Teatrum Orbis Terrarum , First modern Atlas
  308. Telescope
  309. Tellurium
  310. Term
  311. Tessellate
  312. Tesseracts
  313. Tetragon
  314. Tetrahedral Numbers
  315. Tetrahedron
  316. Therefore symbol
  317. Third Proportional
  318. Thousand
  319. Three Utilities, Three Houses Problem (proof)
  320. Tilde, ~, for difference
  321. Titius-Bode Sequence
  322. "3 N + 1 Problem"
  323. Tombstone symbol,
  324. Ton
  325. Topology
  326. Topology Joke, blog about a math joke gone wrong
  327. Torricelli's Point
  328. Torus
  329. Totient / Totitives
  330. Tournament Graph
  331. Tower of Hanoi
  332. Trace
  333. Tractrix
  334. Trajectory
  335. Transcendental
  336. Trapezion for Kite
  337. Trapezium
  338. Trapezoid
  339. Traveling Salesman's Problem
  340. Tree Diagram
  341. Tret
  342. Triangle
  343. Triangular Numbers
  344. Tricuspoid
  345. Trigonometry
  346. Trivium
  347. Trochiod
  348. Truncated
  349. Tuesday
  350. Twin Primes
  351. Two
  352. Two times two is five (Lewis Carroll)

    353. U
  353. Umbra
  354. Umbrella
  355. Universal Graph
  356. Uranium
  357. Uranus

    358. V
  358. van Aubel's Theorem
  359. Variable / Variance
  360. Varignon Quadrilateral and Varignon's Thm
  361. Vecten's Point
  362. Vector
  363. Velocity
  364. Venerate
  365. Venn Diagrams
  366. Venus
  367. Verge
  368. Versine
  369. Vertex
  370. Vertical
  371. Vinculum
  372. Virgule "/"
  373. Viviani's Theorem
  374. Volume
  375. Vortex
  376. Voter Apportionment

    377. W
  377. Webster's apportionment method
  378. Wednesday
  379. Whetstone of Wit
  380. Whewell, William, statue in Trinity Ante Chapel, Cambridge
  381. Whole Numbers
  382. Width
  383. Wilson's Theorem
  384. Wine Gallon
  385. Wiskunde, Dutch for Mathematics
  386. Witch of Agnesi
  387. Wittenbauer's Parallelogram
  388. World's Largest Number
  389. Worm Runners Digest

    390. X
  390. X as symbol for multiplication
  391. X-Bar for Sample Average
  392. Xenon

    393. Y
  393. Yard
  394. Year
  395. Year of Miracles - Annus Mirabilis

    396. Z
  396. Zenzizenzizenzic
  397. Zero
  398. Zero, The Symbol for
  399. Zipf's Law