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Math Vocab
Sem1 exam Reiss
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Mathematics
11th Grade
12/11/2012

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Axis of symmetry
Definition
a line that divides a plane figure or a graph into two congruent reflected halves
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Base Power
Definition
the number in a power that is used as a factor
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Compression
Definition
a transformation that pushes the points of a graph horizontally toward the y-axis or vertically toward the x-axis
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Conjunction
Definition
a compound statement that uses the word and
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Disjunction
Definition
a compound statement that uses the word or
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Domain
Definition
the set of all possible input values of a relation or function
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empty set
Definition
a set with no elements
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Element
Definition
a item in a set
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Exponent
Definition
the number that indicates how many times the base in a power is used as a factor
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Extraneous solution
Definition
A solution of a derived equation that is not a solution of the original equation
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Finite Set
Definition
A set with a definite or finite number of elements
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Function
Definition
a relation in which every input is paired with exactly one output
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Function Rule
Definition
A algebraic expression that defines a function
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infinite set
Definition
A set with an unlimited or infinitely
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Irrational numbers
Definition
a real number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers
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Like radical terms
Definition
Radical terms having the same radicand and index
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Like terms
Definition
terms with the same variables raised to the same exponents
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Point- slope form
Definition
the point slope form of a linear equation is y-y1=m(x-x1). where m is the slope
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Proportion
Definition
a statemnet that two ratios are equal
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radical symbol
Definition
the symbol√ used to denote a root. The symbol is used alone to indicate a square root or with an index,n√, to indicate the nth root
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Radicand
Definition
the expression under a radical sign
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Range
Definition
the difference of the greatest and least values in the data set
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Rational Number
Definition
a number that can be written in the form a/b where a and b are integers and b≠0
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Relation
Definition
a set of ordered pairs
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Rotation
Definition
a transsformation that rotates or turns a figure about a point called the center of rotation
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Scatter Plot
Definition
A graph with points plotted to show a possible relationship between two sets of data
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Set
Definition
a collection of items called elements
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Slope
Definition
a measure of the steepness of a line 
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Slope-intercept form
Definition
The slope- intercept form of a linear equations is y=mx+b, where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept.
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Stretch
Definition
a transformation that pulls the points of graph horizontally away from the y-axis or ventrically away from the x-axis
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Subset
Definition
a set that is contained entirely within another set. Set b is a subset of set if every element of b is contained in A, denoted B A.
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Transformation
Definition
a change in the position, size, or  shape of a figure or graph
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Translation
Definition
a transformation that shifts or sliders every point of a graph the same distance in the same direction
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