Definition

**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: [] [] [] or from any other math glossary or dictionary and copy them. Your job will be to identify: a. the term to be defined b. the general class word and c. the characteristics 

1. the cube (term to be defined) is a prism (general class word)  , with six square faces  (characteristics). 2. The complementary angles (term to be defined) Are two angles  (general class word)  , that have a sum of 90 degrees  (characteristics)  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> 3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The polygon <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(term to be defined) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">is a closed plane figure  <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(general class word)  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">, <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">formed by three or more line segments that do not cross over each other (characteristics). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> 4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The parallelogram <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(term to be defined) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">is a quadrilateral  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(general class word)  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">that contains two pairs of parallel sides  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(characteristics)  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> 5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The polyhedra <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(term to be defined) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> is any solid figure  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(general class word)  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">, <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">with an outer surface composed of polygon faces <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(characteristics)  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> 6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The integer <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(term to be defined) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">are any positive or negative  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(characteristics)  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">number <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(general class word)  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">that does not include a fraction or decimal, including zero  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(characteristics)  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> 7.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The isosceles triangle <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(term to be defined) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">is a triangle  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(general class word)  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">that has at least two congruent sides  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(characteristics)  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> 8.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The factor <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(term to be defined) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">is any of the numbers  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(general class word)  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">or symbols  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(general class word)  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> in mathematics that when multiplied together form a product  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(characteristics)  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> 9.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The trapezoid <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(term to be defined) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">is a quadrilateral  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(general class word)  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">, <span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">with exactly one pair of parallel sides <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(characteristics)  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> 10.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The obtuse angle <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(term to be defined) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">is an angle  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(general class word)  <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">whose measure is greater than 90 degrees  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">(characteristics)  <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 130%;"> <span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Super**

2. __**Using your own words**__, write 5 definitions about any mathematical terms.

1. The integer are a group __the__ <span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**of** numbers that have no__t__ decimal part, __this__ <span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**these** are the positives, <span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**the** negatives and the zero. {... -2, -1, 0, 1, 2.....} <span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> **omit the underlined** the, t, 2. The origin is the point at which __intersect the ordinate and the abscissa of the Cartesian coordinate axis__.<span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**order... the ordinate and the abscissa of the Cartesian coordinate axis intersect.** 3. An equation is a mathematical expression that is used __by__<span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**omit** to find the value of a variable. 4. A fraction is a rational number that is composed __of__<span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**by** a numerator on the top part and __and__<span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**omit** any bottom denominator. 5. The polygon<span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**S** are geometric figures that __is__ <span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**are** closed, __this has__ <span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**they have** three or more sides. <span style="color: #d10505; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Good**