Words That Start With Z
Zenith, Zero, Zone

Welcome to our printable Math Dictionary words that start with Z. These have their definitions.

Fun Note: Zed is the name of the letter Z in England and the British Isles. Here in the United States we say the letter Z as Zee.

List Of Words That Start With Z

Z-Intercept - the point at which a line crosses the z-axis.

Zenith - the highest point, peak.

Zero Divisors - nonzero elements of a ring whose product is 0.

Zero Element - the element 0 is a zero element of a group if a+0=a and 0+a=a for all elements a.

Zodiac - a calendar term related to the imaginary division of the heavens into twelve sections represented by animals (root word zoo) and the time periods roughly correspond to a month's time.

Zone- the portion of a sphere between two parallel planes.

Ideas For Words That Start With Z

In the United States, we pronounce Z as zee and this is even in the Webster's Collegiate dictionary!

You can expand your Z list for Math if you have younger children count. You can count how many animals are in the zoo.

They'll understand more if you include prefixes and suffixes since prefixes and endings change the meaning of the word as with zoology and zoological.

Some of these words relate to more than Math as with the word zone.

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Online Math Dictionary:
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