Bird in a Forest Posted August 19, 2014 at 03:48 PM Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 at 03:48 PM Hello all,You'd be surprised at how difficult it is to find information on this on the web. I did a fair search and couldn't find anything useful. (It always comes up with articles about Chinese students being better at Maths rather than articles on math vocabulary for Chinese O.o).Anyway, if we could gather a list of useful Mathematical terms in this thread I think that would be a great resource for everyone.For starters: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division (How to say 1 + 1, 2 X 3, 4 / 5, etc.). Is equal to, is more than, less than, more than and equal to, less than and equal to etc. Fractions Units (Including m/s^2 etc.) Exponents (to the power of) Routing (Square route, cube route) Algebraic Terms (How to say Algebra would be a good start XD, factorise, expand, d.o.t, etc.) Trigonometric Terms (Trigonometry, sin(), cos(), tan(), etc.) Degrees, Minutes, Seconds Probability Calculus Terms Other possibly useful terms that we could use in real life Thank you everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelyus Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:03 PM Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:03 PM From the NY State Education Department: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/bilingual_glossaries.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanjiology Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:06 PM Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:06 PM I have in my possession a booklet called 数理化常用词汇 - 汉英对照手册 issued by the university where I study at which is given to science and math students. It has a lot of math, physics, and chemistry terms. I took a few hastily pictures of it since its late, but hope I could lead you in the right direction, I could take more pictures if there is enough interest. Edit: Michaelyus's link has a lot of good information, I might take advantage of that. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird in a Forest Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:18 PM Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:18 PM The link Michaelyus posted seems to be offline. I cannot connect to the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird in a Forest Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:19 PM Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:19 PM Thanks Kanjiology, the pictures you posted are very useful. If you have more of them, it would be great if you could share them with us when you have the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelyus Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:22 PM Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:22 PM Hmmm... methinks it's related to your location. Just checked it, came back positive for poisoning. Whoops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZhangJiang Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:29 PM Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 at 04:29 PM With some guessing: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division (How to say 1 + 1, 2 X 3, 4 / 5, etc.). 加 减 乘 除 一加一，2乘3 or 2乘以3，4除以5 or 5除4 Fractions 分数 Units (Including m/s^2 etc.) 单位（米 平方秒？ s refers to a second?） Exponents (to the power of) 幂（的n次方，的n次幂） Routing (Square route, cube route) 开方（平方根，立方根） Algebraic Terms (How to say Algebra would be a good start XD, factorise, expand, d.o.t, etc.) 代数 （factorise因式分解，展开，I don't know what d.o.t is） Trigonometric Terms (Trigonometry, sin(), cos(), tan(), etc.) 三角函数（正弦，余弦，正切） Degrees, Minutes, Seconds 度，分，秒 Probability 概率 Calculus Terms 微积分，dy/dx is微分，big s 积分 Other possibly useful terms that we could use in real life 几何，失量，统计学，数列，排列组合，函数，方程，线性，非线性，离散，置信区间，集合，解析几何，勾股定理，方程组，行列式，方阵，秩，基，元，象限…… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted August 19, 2014 at 09:49 PM Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 at 09:49 PM The word "root" as in "square root" is spelled "root" not "route". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eshton Posted August 20, 2014 at 04:27 AM Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 at 04:27 AM Units (Including m/s^2 etc.) 单位（米 平方秒？ s refers to a second?） Would be 米每平方秒, the slash is read as 每 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZhangJiang Posted August 20, 2014 at 05:05 AM Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 at 05:05 AM Would be 米每平方秒, the slash is read as 每 yes, I left out the 每, but what is a 平方秒? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted August 20, 2014 at 09:17 AM Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 at 09:17 AM @Zhangjiang--It's no wonder you haven't heard of "d.o.t.", I don't think such an acronym exists in mathematics, my husband teaches math & has never heard of it. I think the original poster might have meant "dot product". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZhangJiang Posted August 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM @Zhangjiang--It's no wonder you haven't heard of "d.o.t.", I don't think such an acronym exists in mathematics, my husband teaches math & has never heard of it. I think the original poster might have meant "dot product". Thx for the explanation. I've totally forgotten the dot product(数量积) and the cross product(叉乘) and had to look them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eshton Posted August 20, 2014 at 06:16 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 at 06:16 PM eshton, on 20 Aug 2014 - 12:27 PM, said: Would be 米每平方秒, the slash is read as 每 yes, I left out the 每, but what is a 平方秒? On its own it's meaningless but m/s^2 is actually the SI unit for acceleration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted August 20, 2014 at 07:09 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 at 07:09 PM 平方X is X2 so 平方秒 is 秒2, in other words s2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird in a Forest Posted August 24, 2014 at 04:10 AM Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 at 04:10 AM This is great guys D.O.T. is difference of two squares. I was taught it in school, I thought it was standard XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird in a Forest Posted August 24, 2014 at 04:11 AM Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 at 04:11 AM So: (x + 4)(x-4) = x^2 - 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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