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STEMS 18
Math and Numbers
STEM | Definition of the STEM | Examples | Definitions of Examples 1 | Definitions of Examples 2 |
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bio | life | biology, biometrics, biome, biosphere | biometrics=measurements of the health or life of someone | biology=the study of life |
deca | ten | decade, decalogue, decathlon, decahedron | decalogue=the ten commandments | decahedron=a ten-sided shape |
mega | great | megaphone, megalopolis, megacycle (a million cycles), megaton | megaphone=something that makes the volume of sound a lot greater | megalopolis=a very large city like New York |
meter | measure | meter, voltammeter, barometer, thermometer | barometer=measures the air pressure | thermometer=measures the temperature or heat |
numer | number | numeral, numeration, enumerate, innumerable | innumerable=so many that they cannot be counted | numeration=the act of numbering a list of things |
numisma | coin | numismatics | ||
sat, satis | enough | satient (giving pleasure, satisfying), saturate, satisfy | satisfied=having enough | satient=the state of having enough |
solv, solu | loosen | solvent, solve, absolve, resolve, soluble, solution, resolution, resolute, dissolute | soluble=able to be loosened or dissolved in a solvent | dissolute=loosened in morals, corrupted |
tom | cut | atom (not cutable, smallest particle of matter), appendectomy, tonsillectomy, dichotomy, anatomy | appendectomy=the operation of cutting out someone's appendix | anatomy=study of the internal parts of the body only seen through cutting below the skin and beyond |
trib | pay, bestow | tribute, contribute, attribute, retribution, tributary | tribute=to pay respects (or money) to someone else | retribution=to pay someone back |
uni | one | unicorn, unify, university, unanimous, universal | unanimous=everyone having the one or the same mindset about an issue | universe=the attempt to describe the one, all encompassing idea of existence |