MATH WORDS,
AND SOME OTHER WORDS,
OF INTEREST - cont.


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    N
  1. Nagel Point and Nagel Line
  2. Napoleon's Point
  3. Napoleon's Theorem
  4. Nappe (of a conic surface)
  5. Natural Logarithm base, e
  6. natural logarithm symbol -- ln
  7. Natural Numbers
  8. Nautical Mile
  9. Nebula
  10. Negative
  11. Negative Exponents
  12. Negative, photographic
  13. Nets of Polyhedra (link to a site)
  14. Newton (measure of force/weight)
  15. Newton, Isaac; stained glass image at Trinity Chapel, Cambridge
  16. Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Arts, Chinese Manuscript, World History Wiki link
  17. Nine Men's Morris, the game
  18. Nine Point Circle
  19. Nocebo
  20. Node
  21. Noon
  22. normal
  23. Normal Probability Distribution
  24. Normal Number (number theory)
  25. Number
  26. Number Line
  27. Number sign, #
  28. Numeracy
  29. Numerator
  30. Null Set

    31. O
  31. Obelus, "÷"
  32. Oblate Spheroid
  33. Oblique (triangles or lines)
  34. Oblong
  35. Obtuse
  36. Occam's Razor
  37. Octahedron
  38. Octothorpe, #
  39. Ogee, variation of Ogive
  40. Ogive
  41. One
  42. Optimum
  43. Ordinate
  44. Orthic Triangle
  45. orthocenter (origin of the word)
  46. Orthocenter of a Triangle (properties)
  47. Ortho-centric Tetrahedron
  48. orthogonal
  49. Oval
  50. Ovoid
  51. Oxygen

    52. P
  52. Paciola's Summa de Arithmetica,
  53. Pappus Extension of Pythagorean Theorem
  54. parable
  55. parabola
  56. Paradox
  57. parallel
  58. Parallelepiped
  59. Parasol
  60. Parsec (Astronomical distance)
  61. Pareto Graphs
  62. Pareto's Principle
  63. Pascal's Triangle
  64. Peace Curve
  65. Pedal Triangle
  66. Pell's Equation
  67. Pencil, Notes on the History of
  68. Pentagon Theorem, Miquel's
  69. Pentomino
  70. Per cent, %
  71. Perch, early unit of measure
  72. Perfect Numbers
  73. Periapsis
  74. Perigee
  75. Perigon
  76. Perihelion
  77. Perimeter
  78. Period
  79. Periphery
  80. Per Mille
  81. Permuatations
  82. Perpendicular
  83. Per Repiego, Division by Parts
  84. Petersburg Paradox
  85. Phi Function/ Euler's Phi
  86. Philon's Line
  87. Phlogiston
  88. Phosphorus
  89. Photography
  90. pi - p
  91. Pick's Thm.
  92. Pie Chart
  93. Pigeonhole Principle
  94. Placebo
  95. Planet
  96. Platonic Solids
  97. Platykurtic
  98. Plus
  99. Point
  100. Polygon
  101. Polyhedron
  102. Polynomial
  103. Polyomino
  104. Pons Asinorum
  105. Pound
  106. Pound symbol, #
  107. positive
  108. The Postman's Problem
  109. Postulate
  110. Power
  111. Power of a Point to a Circle
  112. Preferrence Voting
  113. Prime
  114. Prime Factorial
  115. Prime Twins, Prime Pairs
  116. Primorial
  117. Prism
  118. Prismoidal Formula from MMP
  119. Probability
  120. Product
  121. Prolate Cycloid
  122. Prolate Spheroid
  123. Pronic Numbers
  124. Proper Fraction
  125. Proportion
  126. Prosthaphaeresis
  127. Protractor
  128. Pseudoprimes
  129. Pseudosphere
  130. Ptolemy's Theorem
  131. Pyramid
  132. Pyramidal Numbers
  133. Pyrite
  134. Pythagorean Thm
  135. Pythagorean relation for Spherical Triangles

    136. Q
  136. Q, Symbol for Rational numbers
  137. QED,symbol at end of proofs {and QEF and QEI}
  138. Quadrangle
  139. Quadrant
  140. Quadrants, Numbering I, II, etc
  141. Quadratic
  142. Quadratic Equation, Many Solution methods for and historical notes
  143. Quadratic Formula, several versions
  144. Quadrilateral
  145. Quadrivium
  146. Quartile
  147. Quaternions
  148. Quincunx
  149. Quotient
  150. Quotient Rule Song for Calculus

    151. R
  151. r for coefficient of correlation
  152. Radians
  153. Radical
  154. Radical Axis (Line)
  155. Radius
  156. Range
  157. Ramsey Theory
  158. Random
  159. Ratio
  160. Rational / Rational Numbers
  161. Reciprocal
  162. reckless
  163. reckon
  164. rectangle
  165. rectum
  166. Recursive
  167. Reduction of Fractions
  168. Re-entrant Angle
  169. regent
  170. Regression
  171. Regular Polyhedra
  172. Reflex Angle
  173. Remainder (on Division)
  174. Repeat Bar for Decimals
  175. Repetend
  176. Repunit
  177. Residual
  178. Rhind Papyrus
  179. Rhomboid
  180. Rhombus
  181. Rhumb Lines
  182. right angle
  183. riparian
  184. rival
  185. river
  186. Riviera
  187. Robot
  188. Robust
  189. Rod unit of measure
  190. Rolle's Thm
  191. The Rolling Stones
  192. Root
  193. Roots, Symbols for
  194. Root Mean Square or RMS-Mean
  195. Rotate / Rotation
  196. Roulette
  197. Royal Road to Geometry
  198. Rule of Three
  199. Runs and Streaks, An article on the Probability of Run Lengths
  200. Russian Peasant Multiplication

    201. S
  201. Sabot
  202. sabotage
  203. Saint Petersburg Game
  204. St. Edmondsbury Riddle
  205. Salient Angle
  206. Salamis Tablet (ancient counting board)
  207. Sample
  208. Satellite
  209. Scale
  210. Scalene
  211. Scaler
  212. Science/ Scientist
  213. Score
  214. Scottish Stone Polyhedra
  215. Scratch method of Dividing
  216. Secant
  217. Second
  218. Semi, Semicircle
  219. Set
  220. Sequence
  221. serendipity
  222. Series
  223. Sesquicentennial
  224. Seven Bridges Problem
  225. SGN the SIGN function
  226. Shilling Mark ; "/"
  227. Shock
  228. Sigma Notation
  229. Sigmoid curve
  230. Sign {angle measure}
  231. Similar
  232. Simple Fraction
  233. Simpson's Paradox
  234. Simson Line
  235. Sine
  236. Sine Inverse or Sin-1
  237. Sines, Law of
  238. "Sin of David"
  239. Skew
  240. Skew quadrilateral
  241. Slates
  242. Slide Rule
  243. Slope
  244. Slug (Mass)
  245. Smoot, distance measure
  246. Soddy's Formula
  247. Software
  248. Solarium
  249. Solar System
  250. Solidus, "/"
  251. Solitary Numbers
  252. Soliton
  253. Solve & Solution
  254. Soma Cubes
  255. Sorities Paradox
  256. Sphere / Sphereoid
  257. Spherical Excess Thm
  258. Spherical Triangle
  259. Spieker Point
  260. Square
  261. Square root Symbols
  262. Square Root Methods of Ancients
  263. Stadia or Stadium(length)
  264. Standard Deviation
  265. Stanine
  266. Statistics
  267. Statistics, "Lies, Damned Lies, and ..."
  268. Steiner's Theorem
  269. Stirling's approximation to n!
  270. Stolz-Cesaro Theorem
  271. Stomachian of Archimedes
  272. Stone (unit of weight)
  273. Strombus
  274. Student's T
  275. Subfactorial
  276. Subtract
  277. Subtrahend
  278. Sum
  279. Summa de Arithmetica, by Luca Paciola
  280. Summation Notation,
  281. Sun
  282. Sun Dials
  283. Super Ellipse & Super Egg
  284. Supplementary
  285. Surd
  286. Surface
  287. Surveyor's Chain"
  288. Symbol
  289. Symmedians
  290. Symmetry
  291. Syracuse Problem

    292. T
  292. t - Test
  293. Tally
  294. Tangent
  295. Tangram
  296. tare
  297. Tautochrone
  298. Taxicab Geometry
  299. Taxicab Numbers, 1729
  300. Tchebyshev's theorem(a prime between n and 2n)
  301. Teaching Math, notes on history of..
  302. Teatrum Orbis Terrarum , First modern Atlas
  303. Telescope
  304. Tellurium
  305. Term
  306. Tessellate
  307. Tesseracts
  308. Tetragon
  309. Tetrahedral Numbers
  310. Tetrahedron
  311. Therefore symbol
  312. Third Proportional
  313. Thousand
  314. Three Utilities, Three Houses Problem (proof)
  315. Tilde, ~, for difference
  316. Titius-Bode Sequence
  317. "3 N + 1 Problem"
  318. Tombstone symbol,
  319. Ton
  320. Topology
  321. Torricelli's Point
  322. Torus
  323. Totient / Totitives
  324. Tournament Graph
  325. Tower of Hanoi
  326. Trace
  327. Tractrix
  328. Trajectory
  329. Transcendental
  330. Trapezion for Kite
  331. Trapezium
  332. Trapezoid
  333. Traveling Salesman's Problem
  334. Tree Diagram
  335. Tret
  336. Triangle
  337. Triangular Numbers
  338. Tricuspoid
  339. Trigonometry
  340. Trivium
  341. Trochiod
  342. Truncated
  343. Tuesday
  344. Twin Primes
  345. Two

    346. U
  346. Umbra
  347. Umbrella
  348. Universal Graph
  349. Uranium
  350. Uranus

    351. V
  351. van Aubel's Theorem
  352. Variable / Variance
  353. Varignon Quadrilateral and Varignon's Thm
  354. Vecten's Point
  355. Vector
  356. Velocity
  357. Venerate
  358. Venn Diagrams
  359. Venus
  360. Verge
  361. Versine
  362. Vertex
  363. Vertical
  364. Vinculum
  365. Virgule "/"
  366. Viviani's Theorem
  367. Volume
  368. Vortex
  369. Voter Apportionment

    370. W
  370. Webster's apportionment method
  371. Wednesday
  372. Whetstone of Wit
  373. Whewell, William, statue in Trinity Ante Chapel, Cambridge
  374. Whole Numbers
  375. Width
  376. Wilson's Theorem
  377. Wine Gallon
  378. Wiskunde, Dutch for Mathematics
  379. Witch of Agnesi
  380. Wittenbauer's Parallelogram
  381. World's Largest Number
  382. Worm Runners Digest

    383. X
  383. X as symbol for multiplication
  384. X-Bar for Sample Average
  385. Xenon

    386. Y
  386. Yard
  387. Year
  388. Year of Miracles - Annus Mirabilis

    389. Z
  389. Zenzizenzizenzic
  390. Zero
  391. Zero, The Symbol for
  392. Zipf's Law