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Math gr 8 academic vocab 29 words

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  1. combination
    the act of combining things to form a new whole
  2. factoring
    (mathematics) the resolution of an entity into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original entity
  3. function
    what something is used for
  4. hypotenuse
    the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
  5. intersection
    the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path)
  6. inverse
    reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
  7. operation
    process or manner of functioning or operating
  8. linear
    of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension
  9. nonlinear
    designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree
  10. origin
    the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  11. outlier
    an extreme deviation from the mean
  12. pattern
    a perceptual structure
  13. percent
    a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
  14. decrease
    a change downward
  15. increase
    a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
  16. perfect
    being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
  17. square
    (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
  18. permutation
    complete change in character or condition
  19. prediction
    a statement made about the future
  20. probability
    a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
  21. quadratic
    of or relating to the second power
  22. rate
    a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
  23. change
    become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
  24. slope
    be at an angle
  25. square root
    a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number
  26. standard
    a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
  27. form
    a perceptual structure
  28. statistics
    a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
  29. intercept
    seize on its way