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MATH VOCABULARY
Question | Answer |
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convert | to change (something) into a different form or properties; transmute; transform. |
proportion | comparativerelationbetweenthingsormagnitudesastosize,quantity,number,etc.;ratio. |
cross product | a vector perpendicular to two given vectors, uand v,and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two given vectors multiplied by the sine of the angle between the two given vectors, usually represented by u× v. |
metric | pertaining to the meter or to the metric system. |
Metric System | a decimal system of weights and measures, adopted first in France but now widespread, universally used in science, mandatory for use for all purposes in a large number of countries, and favored for use in most (as in the U.S.). |
Unit of Mesurement | any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; |
meters | the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, |
liters | equivalent to volume |
grams | Unit metric of mass or weight |