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Mathematics

Of or pertaining to the study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols.

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compound inequality

Mathematics; Algebra

Two or more inequalities taken together. Often this refers to a connected chain of inequalities, such as 3 < x < 5.

compound interest

Mathematics; Algebra

A method of computing interest in which interest is computed from the up-to-date balance.

continuously compounded interest

Mathematics; Algebra

Interest that is, hypothetically, computed and added to the balance of an account every instant.

compression

Mathematics; Algebra

A transformation in which a figure grows smaller. Compressions may be with respect to a point (compression of a geometric figure) or with respect to the axis of a graph ...

compression of a graph

Mathematics; Algebra

A transformation in which all distances on the coordinate plane are shortened by multiplying either all x-coordinates (horizontal compression) or all y-coordinates (vertical ...