Pre-Calculus Vocabulary
Across
- 1. approach a limit as the number of terms increases
- 4. an event in which something is shifted without rotation
- 9. resolve into numbers that form a product when multiplied
- 12. notation indicating a quantity multiplied by itself
- 14. a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve
- 17. an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone
- 18. a mathematical relation associating elements between sets
- 19. a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
- 20. (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone
- 22. ratio of the opposite and adjacent sides of a right triangle
- 24. a change in the position of a figure on a coordinate plane
- 25. a closed plane curve with an oval shape
- 26. a fixed point on the concave side of a conic section
Down
- 2. involving a quantity being multiplied by itself
- 3. ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- 5. a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms
- 6. ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
- 7. a set of possible values of the independent variable
- 8. the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees)
- 10. a measure for arcs and angles
- 11. a constant number that serves as a measure of some property
- 13. the point of intersection of coordinate axes
- 15. a mathematical statement that two expressions are the same
- 16. the exponent required to produce a given number
- 21. a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms
- 23. a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another; f and g are inverse functions if f(x)=y and g(y)=x