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


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    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. Nedians, similar to Medians
  11. Negative
  12. Negative Exponents
  13. Negative, photographic
  14. Nets of Polyhedra (link to a site)
  15. Newton (measure of force/weight)
  16. Newton, Isaac; stained glass image at Trinity Chapel, Cambridge
  17. Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Arts, Chinese Manuscript, World History Wiki link
  18. Nine Men's Morris, the game
  19. Nine Point Circle
  20. Nocebo
  21. Node
  22. Noon
  23. normal
  24. Normal Probability Distribution
  25. Normal Number (number theory)
  26. Number
  27. Number Line
  28. Number sign, #
  29. Numeracy
  30. Numerator
  31. Null Set

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

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

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

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

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

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

    355. U
  355. Umbra
  356. Umbrella
  357. Universal Graph
  358. Uranium
  359. Uranus

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

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

    392. X
  392. X as symbol for multiplication
  393. X-Bar for Sample Average
  394. Xenon

    395. Y
  395. Yard
  396. Year
  397. Year of Miracles - Annus Mirabilis

    398. Z
  398. Zeno's Paradox of Achilles and The Tortoise
  399. Zenzizenzizenzic
  400. Zero
  401. Zero, The Symbol for
  402. Zipf's Law