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• abscissa

  The x-coordinate in a cartesian coordinate system in the space.
• absolute convergence

  In mathematics, an infinite series of numbers is said to converge absolutely (or to be absolutely convergent) if the sum of the absolute values of the summands is finite. "Absolute convergence" means a series will converge even when you take the absolute value of each term.
• absolute error

  According to some authors, the error is x – x / for example, when 1.9 is used as an approximation for 1.875, the error equals –0.025. Others define the error to be x – x. Whichever of these definitions is used, the error can be positive or negative. Yet other authors define the error to be |x– x|, the difference between the true value and the approximation, in which case the error is always greater than or equal to zero. When contrasted with *relative error, the error may be called the absolute error.
• absolute extrema

  It is a collective word for absolute maximum and minimum.
• absolute maximum

  The largest point that the function will ever be.
• absolute minimum

  The smallest point that the function will ever be.
• absolute value

  For any real number a, the absolute value (also called the *modulus) of a, denoted by |a|, is a itself if a ≥ 0, and −a if a ≤ 0. Thus |a| is positive except when a = 0.
• absolute value function

  The absolute value function of a real number returns its value irrespective of its sign
• acceleration

  Acceleration is a vector quantity that is defined as the rate at which an object changes its velocity. An object is accelerating if it is changing its velocity.
• acute angle

  An angle between zero and ninety degrees
• addition

  The action or process of adding something to something else
• adjacent side

  A side closer to the given angle in a right-angled triangle
• adjoint

  Adjoint of a square matrix is the transpose of its cofactor matrix.
• air resistance

  The resistance to motion experienced by an object moving through the air caused by the flow of air over the surface of the object. It is a force that affects, for example, the speed of a drop of rain or of a parachutist falling towards the earth’s surface.
• algebra

  In its most general form, algebra is the study of mathematical symbols and the rules for  manipulating these symbols , algebra is the  study of generalizations of arithmetic  operations.
• algebraic expression

  In mathematics, an algebraic expression is an expression built up from integer constants, variables, and the algebraic operations
• algebraic function

  An algebraic function is a function that can be defined as the root of a polynomial equation.
• algebraic manipulation

  Algebraic manipulation refers to the manipulation of algebraic expressions, often into a simpler form or a form which is more easily handled and dealt with.
• algebraic operation

  They are addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and exponentiation by an exponent that is a rational number
• algorithm

  An algorithm is a step-by-step procedure or set of rules designed to solve a specific problem or perform a particular computation. It is a well-defined sequence åof instructions that, when executed, leads to the desired outcome or solution.
• alternate angles

  Two angles, formed when a line crosses two other lines, that lie on opposite sides of the transversal line and on opposite relative sides of the other lines
• alternating series

  A series in which the sign alternates between positive and negative. So any series in the form an = (−1)npn or (−1)n−1pn where all pn > 0 is alternating.
• amplitude

  The amplitude of a periodic variable is a measure of its change over a single period.
• analytic geometry

  The area / branch of mathematics relating to the study of *coordinate geometry.
• angle

  In plane geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle.