Everything about Term Mathematics totally explained
A
term is any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a + or - sign in an overall expression.
In elementary
mathematics, a
term is either a single number or variable, or the product of several numbers and/or variables. For example, in
» 3 + 4
x + 5
yzw
3, 4
x, and 5
yzw are all terms. This definition doesn't cover all usages in more advanced mathematics. Often
term is used of a
monomial with a
coefficient: to 'collect like terms' in a
polynomial is the basic
operation of making it a
linear combination of
distinct monomials.
The word "term" is from the
Latin terminus "boundary line, limit", from the
Indo-European root ter- "peg, post, boundary".
Terminus eventually came to mean "something bounded" rather than its boundary; so
term acquired the meaning of a member of a collection of things with clear boundaries. In the above example, 4
x is bounded by
plus signs.
Binomials, trinomials, and series may all have terms.
Similar phrases
Where the word term is used for summation, other mathematical constructs have similar terminology.
multiplication: Factor. In a multiplication of two factors, the first is called the multiplicand and the second is called the multiplier.
; divisions and fractions: The top of a division is called the numerator (or dividend), and the bottom is called the denominator (or divisor).asasas
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