Symbol Table

arc (as in )
add; plus; positive
subtract; minus; negative
plus or minus
multiply; times; cross
multiply; times
divide
divide by (as in )
angle
circle
cube root
divide
nth root
parallelogram
rectangle
square root
triangle
... between two symbols or at the end of a sequence or series to denote omission
line AB
ray AB
line segment AB
vector AB
perpendicular
is similar to
not (when used as a connective)
is congruent to (in figures)
is congruent to (in numbers)
therefore
as
is to (as in proportions such as a:b = c:d)
$ dollar sign
cent sign
repeating decimal 1.444. . .
|| parallel
degree
degree Celsius
degree Fahrenheit
= equals
is not equal to
< is less than
> is greater than
< is less than or equal to
> is greater than or equal to
is approximately equal to
intersection
union; join
empty set
{ } encloses a set
is a subset of
is not a subset of
[ ) half-closed interval
( ] half-open interval
[ ] closed interval
% percent
|a| absolute value of a
! factorial
foot or minute
inch or second
infinity
(x,y) coordinates of a point on a plane
(x,y,z) coordinates of a point in space
( ) shows order of operations, as in (1+2)×4 = 3×4 = 12
pi (approximately 3.1415926)
e the base of natural logarithms (approximately 2.71828183)

 

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