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- Absolute Value Inequalities
- Absolute Value (of a complex number)
- Absolute Value (of a number)
- Acute Angle
- Adjacent Side (of a right triangle)
- Ambiguous Case
- Angle
- Angle of Depression
- Angle of Elevation
- Arc
- Arc Length
- Arccosine Function
- Arcsine Function
- Area of a Triangle
- Arithmetic Sequence
- Asymptotes of a Hyperbola
- Augmented Matrix
- Average Rate of Change
- Axes (or axis for singular)
- Axis of Symmetry
- Bar Graph
- Binomial Distribution
- Binomial Experiment (Bernoulli Experiment)
- Cartesian Coordinate System
- Center of an Ellipse
- Center of a Hyperbola
- Central Angle
- Central Tendency
- Change in X
- Change in Y
- Closed Interval
- Coefficient
- Coefficient of Determination
- Cofunction Identities
- Combination
- Common Difference
- Common Logarithm (of X)
- Common logarithmic function
- Common Ratio
- Complement of an Event
- Completely Factored (Over the Set of Real Numbers)
- Completing the Square
- Complex Number System
- Complex Numbers
- Complex Plane
- Components (of a Vector)
- Composition of Functions
- Compound Interest
- Concave Down
- Concave Up
- Concavity
- Conjugate
- Conjugate Pairs
- Conjugate Zero Theorem
- Consisten System
- Constant Function
- Constant Polynomial
- Constraints
- Continuous Compounding
- Continuous Function
- Convergent Series
- Coordinate System
- Correlation Coefficient
- Cosecant ratio
- Cosine Ratio
- Cotangent Ratio
- Coterminal Angles
- Cubic Functions
- Cycle (of a Periodic Function)
- Data
- Decreasing Function
- Degree (measure)
- Degree (of a Polynomial)
- Delta
- DeMoivre's Theorem
- Denominator
- Deviation (of a data value)
- Difference Function
- Difference Quotient
- Differential Calculus
- Dimensions of a Matrix
- Directed Network
- Direction (of a Vector)
- Directrix of a Parabola
- Discontinuous Function
- Discriminant
- Distance (between real numbers)
- Divergent Series
- Division Algorithm
- Domain
- Dot Product
- Double-Angle Identities
- Elementary Row Operations
- Ellipse
- Empirical Rule
- End Behavior
- Endpoints (of an Interval)
- Equal Matrices
- Equivalent Equations
- Equivalent Inequalities
- Equivalent Systems
- Equivalent Vectors
- Euler's Formula
- Even Function
- Event
- Expected Value of a Random Variable
- Experiment
- Explicit Form of a Geometric Sequence
- Explicit Form of an Arithmetic Sequence
- Exponential Decay
- Exponential Function (with base a)
- Exponential Growth
- Exponential Model
- Extraneous Solutions
- Factor Theorem
- Factorial
- Feasible Region
- Fibonacci Sequence
- First Octant
- Five-Number Summary
- Focal Axis of a Hyperbola
- Foci (singular, focus) of an Ellipse
- Foci (singular, focus) of an Hyperbola
- Focus of a Parabola
- Formula for Roots of Unity
- Fractional Equation
- Fractional Expression
- Function
- Function Notation
- Function Rule
- Fundamental Counting Principle
- Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
- Gauss-Jordan Elimination
- General Form (of a line)
- Geometric Sequence
- Graph
- Graph of an Equation
- Half-Angle Identities
- Half-Open Interval
- Heron's Formula
- Histogram
- Hole in the Graph
- Horizontal Asymptote
- Horizontal Compression
- Horizontal Line
- Horizontal Line test
- Horizontal Shift
- Horizontal Stretch
- Hyperbola
- Hypotenuse
- Identity
- Imaginary axis
- Imaginary Numbers
- Inconsistent System
- Increasing Function
- Independent Events
- Infinite Geometric Series
- Infinite Limit
- Infinite Sequence
- Infinite Series
- Inflection Point
- Initial Point (of a Vector)
- Initial Side
- Input (of a Relation)
- Instantaneous Rate of Change
- Integers
- Integral Calculus
- Intercepts (of Polynomial Functions)
- Intercepts (of Rational Functions)
- Interest
- Intermediate Value Theorem
- Interquartile Range
- Intersection Method
- Interval Notation
- Interval of Convergence
- Interval (of numbers)
- Inverse Cosine Function
- Inverse Function
- Inverse of a Matrix
- Inverse Relation
- Inverse Sine Function
- Inverse Tangent Function
- Invertible Matrix
- Irrational Number
- Irreducible (polynomial)
- Iterations (of a function)
- Kth partial sum
- Law of Cosines
- Law of Sines
- Leading Coefficient
- Least-Squares Regression Line
- Length (of a vector)
- Limit
- Linear Combination
- Linear Function
- Linear Programming
- Linear Regression
- Linear System
- Local extremum (plural: extrema)
- Local Maximum (plural: local maxima)
- Local Minimum (plural: local minima)
- Logarithmic Function to the base b
- Lower Bound (for the real zeros of a polynomial function)
- Magnitude (of a vector)
- Major Axis of an Ellipse
- Mandelbrot Set
- Mathematical Model
- Matrix
- Mean
- Median
- Minor axis of an ellipse
- Mode
- Multiplicity (of a zero)
- Mutually Exclusive Events
- Natural Logarithm (of x)
- Natural Logarithmic Function
- Natural Numbers
- Negative Correlation
- No Correlation
- Nonlinear System
- Nonnegative Integers
- Normal Curve
- Normal Distribution
- nth root of a complex number
- Numerator
- Octant
- Odd Function
- One-to-One Function
- Open Interval
- Opposite Side (of a right triangle)
- Ordered Pair
- Ordered set of numbers
- Origin
- Orthogonal Vectors
- Outlier
- Output (of a relation)
- Parabola
- Parallel Lines
- Parallel Vectors
- Parameter
- Parameterization
- Parent Function
- Partial Fractions
- Partial Sums of a Geometric Sequence
- Period (of a function)
- Periodic Function
- Permutation
- Perpendicular Lines
- Phase Shift
- Piecewise-defined Function
- Point-slope Form
- Polar Axis
- Polar Coordinates
- Polar Form of a Complex Number
- Pole
- Polynomial
- Polynomial Equation
- Polynomial form of a Quadratic Function
- Population
- Positive Correlation
- Positive Integers
- Power Law of Logarithms
- Prime Number
- Principal
- Probability Density Function
- Probability Distribution
- Probability of a Binomial Experiment
- Probability of a Complement
- Probability (of an event)
- Product Function
- Product Law of Logarithms
- Product-to-Sum
- Projection Vector
- Pythagorean Theorem
- Pythagorgean Identities
- Quadrants
- Quadratic Equation
- Quadratic Formula
- Quadratic Function
- Qualitative Data
- Quantitative Data
- Quartic Function
- Quartiles
- Quotient Function
- Quotient Identities
- Quotient Law of Logarithms
- Radian Measure
- Radical Equations
- Random Sample
- Random Variable
- Range (of a data set)
- Range (of a function)
- Rational Exponent
- Rational Function
- Rational Number
- Rational Zero
- Rational Zero Test
- Rationalizing (a denominator)
- Real Axis
- Real Numbers
- Real Solutions
- Real Zeros
- Reciprocal Identities
- Recursive Form of a Geometric Sequence
- Recursive Form of a Sequence
- Recursive Form of an Arithmetic Sequence
- Reduced Row-echelon Form
- Reference Angle
- Reflections
- Relation
- Remainder Theorem
- Residual
- Right Angle
- Roots
- Roots of Unit
- Rotation Equations
- Sample
- Sample Space
- Scalar
- Scalar Multiplication with Matrices
- Scalar Multiplication (with vectors)
- Scatter Plot
- Schwartz Inequality
- Secant Line (of a function)
- Secant Ratio
- Second
- Self-Similar
- Sequence
- Sequence Notation
- Series
- Sides (of an angle)
- Simple Interest
- Sine Ratio
- Skewed Distribution
- Slant Asymptote
- Slope-Intercept Form
- Slope of a Line
- Solution of a System of Equations
- Solution of an Equation
- Solution to an Inequality (in two variables)
- Solving a Triangle
- Special Angles
- Square Root of Squares
- Standard Deviation
- Standard Equation of a Hyperbola
- Standard Equation of a Parabola
- Standard Equation of an Ellipse
- Standard Form of a Line
- Standard Normal Curve
- Standard Position (of an angle)
- Standard Viewing Window
- Standardize
- Stem Plot
- Step Function
- Sum Function
- Sum of an Infinite Geometric Series
- Sum-to-Product
- Summation Notation
- Supplementary Angle Identity
- Symmetric Distribution
- Synthetic Division
- System of Equations
- Tangent Line (of a function)