Math Words That Start With M
Matrix, Median, Midpoint, Metric....

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List Of Words That Start With M

Main Diagonal - in the matrix [aij], the elements a11, a22, ..., ann.

Major Axis - the major axis of an ellipse is it’s longest chord.

Malfatti Circles - three equal circles that are mutually tangent and each tangent to two sides of a given triangle.

Mandelbrot Set - generated by taking the set of all functions f(Z)=Z^2+C, looking at all of the possible C points and their Julia sets, and assigning colors to the points based on whether the Julia set is connected or dust.

Matrix - a rectangular array of elements.

Maximum - the largest of a set of values.

Mean - the sum of a list of numbers, divided by the total number of numbers in the list.

Medial Triangle - the triangle whose vertices are the midpoints of the sides of a given triangle.

Median - the median of a triangle is the line from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.

Median - when a set of numbers is ordered from smallest to largest, the median number is the one in the middle of the list.

Mensuration - that branch of mathematics which treats of the measurements of lines surfaces and solids.

Mersenne Number - a number of the form 2p-1 where p is a prime.

Mersenne Prime - a number that is prime.

Metric System - a series of measures whose units are derived from a fixed standard called the meter.

Midnight - 12:00 a.m.

Midpoint - the point M is the midpoint of line segment AB if AM=MB. That is, M is halfway between A and B.

Midpoint Formula - the exact point that’s in the middle.

Words That Start With Milli

Milligram - one 1000th of a gram.

Milliliter - one 1000th of a liter.

Millimeter - one 1000th of a meter.

Millisecond - one 1000th of a second.

Minimum - the smallest of a set of values.

Minor Axis - the smallest chord of an ellipse.

Minuend - the number you are subtracting from. The minuend minus the subtrahend equals the difference, or remainder.

Minus sign - the dash symbol - used to indicate that one number is to be subtracted from another.

Mixed Numbers - numbers that have both whole numbers and decimals, or whole numbers and fractions.

Mode - the most frequently occurring value in a sequence of numbers.

Modular Arithmetic - a method for finding remainders where all the possible numbers (the numbers less than the divisor) are put in a circle, and then by counting around the circle the number of times of the number being divided, the remainder will be the final number landed on.

Modulo - the integers a and b are said to be congruent modulo m if a-b is divisible by m.

Modulus - a unit of measure.

Monic Polynomial - a polynomial in which the coefficient of the term of highest degree is 1.

Mono - one.

Monochromatic Triangle - a triangle whose vertices are all colored the same.

Monomial - an algebraic expression consisting of just one term.

Monotone - a sequence the terms of which are not increasing or decreasing.

Multimodal Distribution - a distribution with more than one mode.

Multinomial - an algebraic expression consisting of 2 or more terms.

Multiple - a number that is the product of a given number and some other number.

Multiples - the product of multiplying a number by a whole number.

Multiplicand - a number to be multiplied by another. Factor x factor = Product where the first factor is also called a multiplicand.

Multiplication - the basic arithmetical operation of repeated addition.

Multiplication Rule - the probability that events A and B both occur (i.e., that event AB occurs), is equal to the conditional probability that A occurs given that B occurs, times the unconditional probability that B occurs: P(A & B)=P(A/B)*P(B).

Multiplication sign - usually the symbol x, sometimes a suspended dot (not used with decimal figures), placing numbers in parentheses nest to each other (3)(2)=6. Also placing variables next to each other 4xyz means 4 times the value of x times the value of y.

Multiplicative Inverse - the number that when multiplied by the original number will result in a product of one.

Multiplier - the number which is multiplied times the multiplicand. Factor x factor = Product where the second factor is also called a multiplier. 

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Math Words

A For Abacus

B For Base

C For Celsius

D For Data

E For Equal

F For Finite

G For Graph

H For Half

I For Infinite

J For Joule

K For Kilo

L For Line

M For Matrix

N For Natural

O For Octagon

P For Parallel

Q For Quad

R For Radius

S For Square

T For Total

U For Unit

V For Venn

W For Weight

X For X-Axis

Y For Y-Axis

Z For Zero