Definition

= = =Good job! ! ! = =Definitions= A definition is a rethorical pattern you use to conceptualize words. Definitions usually have a term to be defined, a general class word and a characteristic or characteristics.

Example: A dog (term to be defined) is an animal (general class word) that barks has four legs and a tail. (characteristics)

=Assignment=  1. Now select 10 definitions from the on-line mathematics dictionary at http://pax.st.usm.edu/cmi/inform_html/glossary.html and copy them. Your job will be to identify: the term to be defined the general class word and the characteristics

**My corrections: **
====Great job, but be careful with the articles (a, an, the). They always go before countable nouns. Uncountable nouns like latitude, or geometry do not accept articles. ====


1) __A Null hypothesis__ (term) is __the hypothesis__ (general class word) that is __being tested in a hypothesis-testing situation__ (characteristics) 2) __An__ __Open interval__ (term) is __an interval__ (general class word) that __does not include its two endpoints__ (characteristics). 3) __A__ __Palindrome__ (term) is __a positive integer__ (general class word) whose __digits read the same forward and backwards__ (characteristics). 4) __A__ __Paraboloid of revolution__ (term) is __a surface of revolution__ (general class word) produced by __rotating a parabola about its axis__ (characteristics). 5) __A__ <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">__Half-plane__ (term) is __the part of a plane__ (general class word) that __lies on one side of a given line__ (characteristics). 6) __An__ <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(234,86,46)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">__Inscribed angle__ (term) is __the angle__ (general class word) formed by __two chords of a curve that meet at the same point on the curve__ (characteristics). 7) __A__ <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(234,86,46)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">__Jordan matrix__ (term) is __a matrix__ (general class word) whose __diagonal elements are all equal (and nonzero) and whose elements above the principal diagonal are equal to 1, but all other elements are 0__ (characteristics). 8) __A__ <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(234,86,46)">  <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">__Lemma__ (term) is __a proposition__ (general class word) that is __useful mainly for the proof of some other theorem__ (characteristics). 9) __A__ <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(234,86,46)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">__Maximum__ (term) is __the largest__ <span style="COLOR: rgb(217,92,28)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">(characteristics)  <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(217,92,28)"> of a set of values (general claas word)   10) __A__ <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(234,86,46)">  <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">__Unit fraction__ (term) is __a fraction__ (general class word) whose __numerator is 1__ (characteristics).

**Good work but you have to continue..... Do not forget (a, an, the) when necessary...[[image:Sleeping.jpg]]**
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2. __**Using your own words**__, write 5 definitions about any mathematical terms.

1) __**The Algebra**__ (term) is __a branch of mathematics__ (general class word) in which __symbols, letters and numbers are used to express relations between expressions that represent numbers__ (characteristics). . 2) __**The Analysis**__ (term) is __a branch of mathematics__ (general class word) that __studies the real numbers, the complexes numbers, the vectors and its functions__ (characteristics). . 3) __**The Geometry**__ (term) is __a branch of mathematics__ (general class room) that __studies the properties and the measures of the figures in the plane or in the space__ (characteristics). . 4) __**The Topology**__ (term) is __a branch of mathematics__ (general class room) that __studies the properties of the topological spaces and the continuous performances__ (characteristics). . 5) __**The Numerical Analysis**__ (term) is __a branch of mathematics__ (general class room) that __takes charge designing algorithms for, across numbers and mathematical simple rules simulating more complex mathematical processes applied to processes of the real word__ (characteristics).