Latin Roots Often Used in Mathematics
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| acus | needle
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| angulus | sharp bend, corner
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| area | open space, site
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| catenareus | chain
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| centrum | center
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| centum | one hundred
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| circulus | circle, orbit, zone
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| congruere | to agree, coincide, be consistent
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| dividere | to divide, separate, break up
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| duo decem | twelve, dozen
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| exponere | to set forth, put out
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| frangere | to break, shatter, crush
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| geometria | geometry
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| hypotenusa | hypotenuse
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| logarithmus | logarithm
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| multiplicare | to multiply
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| obtundere | to strike, make blunt, beat
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| obtusus | blunt, dull, obtuse
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| plus | more
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| positivus | positive
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| secare | to cut, severe
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| sequi | to follow
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| quadrare | to square up, make square
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| tangere | to touch, strike, border on
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| vehere | to bear, carry, convey
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| minus | less
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| subtrahere | to carry off, take away, subtract
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| addere | to add, insert, increase
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| additio | act of adding, addition
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| ratio | account, reckoning, regard
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| quotiens | how often
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| summa | whole, main part
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| numerus | number, sum, total
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| integer | complete, whole, sound
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| per centum | through one hundred, by one hundred
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| pendere | to hang, hang down, depend
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| circum | around, about
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| ferre | to bring, carry, bear
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| arcus | arc, bow, arch, curve
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| radius | ray, rod
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| tres | three (as in triangle)
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| rectus | right, proper, straight
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| infinitum | boundless, unlimited, endless
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| ad infinitum | to infinity
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| a fortiori | with stronger reason
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| a posteriori | from effect to cause
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| exempli gratia | for example (e.g.)
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| id est | that is (i.e.)
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| ipso facto | by that very fact
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| nota bene | note well (n.b.)
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| per impossibile | as is impossible
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| quod erat demonstrandum | that which was to have been proved (Q.E.D.)
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| quod erat faciendum | that which was to have been shown (Q.E.F.)
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| confer | bring together, compare (cf.)
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| ergo | therefore
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| ex post facto | from what is done afterward
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| in toto | entirely
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| in vacuo | in a vacuum
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| findere | to split, cleave, divide
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| vector | carrier, passenger, rider
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| torquere | to turn, twist
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| velocitas | speed, swiftness
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| momentum | movement, change, motion
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| potentia | power, force
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| remanere | to remain, stay behind
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| minuere | to reduce, lessen
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| norma | carpenter's square
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