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A word encompassing both extraploation and interpolation?
Interpolation is predicting values within a range of data.
Extrapolation is predicting values outside a range of data.
Is there a word that encompasses both meanings, such that I could use it to refer ...
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Why ternary not ternal?
Why is is the base-2 numeral system called binary, the base-3 one called ternary, when base-8 is octal and base-10 is decimal?
The different suffixes, -ary vs -al, are what I am concerned about.
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Is the "convert to decimal form" usage of "decimate" still used?
Recently, I came across a page in an olden-day arithmetic book (early 20th century)
It seems that the word decimate was used in the sense "convert [a vulgar fraction] into a decimal fraction&...
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Word for terminology related to mathematical premises
I have seen some mathematical texts that use words like Lemma, Theorem, Corollary, etc. What would be the appropriate description of such terms? Do they fall under some linguistic category? Is ...
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The usage of "can not" vs. "cannot" in mathematics
I saw the following passage in Professor West's homepage, and I hadn't noticed this point before. See https://dwest.web.illinois.edu/grammar.html#cannot
"Can not" and "may be". ...
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Words for diagonal directions
I'm a mathematician currently working on a problem involving splitting a square into two triangles, either by a line connecting top-left and bottom-right, or top-right and bottom left. I'm trying to ...
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Why does mathematics say "quadratic" instead of "squaric"?
In mathematics, powers of 2 and 3 are often referred to using "square" and "cube" terminology: a "number squared/cubed", the "square/cube root of a number". ...
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"Sketching" a graph
While this is in the context of a math problem, the question refers to the connotations and meaning of the word "sketch", so I imagine it fits this site, at least somewhat.
If one asks ...
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Term for a function whose derivative is decreasing
A "decreasing function" is one that gets smaller as its input gets larger. For example, f(x) = -x, f(x) = 1/x {x > 0}.
What can functions like sqrt(x), ln(x) be called? They are always ...
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Verb for "swapping" non-commuting operations and modifying them appropriately (commute?)
In mathematics, computer science, physics or any other field that has the concept of commutative operations (or operators), is there a verb to describe the action of taking a sequence AB of two non-...
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What is the difference between Vert/Verts and Vertex/Vertices? [closed]
What is the difference between Vert/Verts and Vertex/Vertices?
Both forms seem to be used interchangeably in mathematics and computer graphics.
Blender (3D software) uses Vert/Verts in it's User ...
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Name for the argument of the mathematical absolute-value function
Some arguments of common mathematical functions have names, like addend, minuend, subtrahend, dividend, divisor, numerator, denominator, and radicand.
A colleague recently asked me: does the argument ...
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What is " x– direction " and " y-direction "? [closed]
It is related with mathematics and cartesian plane.I want to know what " x-direction " and " y-direction " is .it will be better if you explain it with an example.
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Word for a guess that turned out to be correct? (Ex-conjecture)
In mathematics we have a problem. Unproven guesses are often referred to as "conjectures" - for example, the Poincaré conjecture, or the Tait conjectures. (Notable exceptions: the Riemann ...
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Matrix A of shape (5, 9) or with shape(5, 9)?
When a matrix has a shape (5, 9), is it of shape(5, 9) or with shape(5,9)?
As the shape is an attribute of the matrix, I suppose it is with? Or something else e.g. having?
Which one is appropriate?
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