Mathematics: Word list
Conditions d’achèvement
| English | definition | German |
|---|---|---|
| (to) add, plus | to put something together with something else so as to increase the size, number, amount, etc. | addieren |
| (to) divide by | to separate into parts; to make something separate into parts | dividieren durch |
| (to) multiply by, times | to add a number to itself a particular number of times | multiplizieren mit |
| (to) round down | to round to the next lower number | abrunden |
| (to) round up | to round to the next higher number | aufrunden |
| (to) subtract, (to) take away, minus | to take a number or an amount away from another number or amount | abziehen, subtrahieren |
| acute angle | an angle of less than 90° | spitzer Winkel |
| addition | the act of adding something to something else | Addition |
| angle | the space between two lines or surfaces that join, measured in degrees | Winkel |
| billion | 1,000,000,000; one thousand million | Milliard |
| brackets | either of a pair of marks, ( ), placed around extra information in a piece of writing or part of a problem in mathematics | Klammern |
| cardinal number | a number, such as 1, 2 and 3 (or one, two and three), used to show quantity rather than order | Kardinalzahl, Grundzahl |
| circle | completely round flat shape | Kreis |
| close bracket | a bracket with an open end towards the left, ) | Klammer zu |
| cube | a solid or hollow figure with six equal square sides | Würfel, Kubus |
| curve | a line or surface that bends gradually; a smooth bend | Kurve |
| decimal | based on or counted in tens or tenths | Dezimale, Kommazahl |
| decimal point | Dezimalkomma, Dezimalpunkt | |
| degree | a unit for measuring angles | Grad |
| depth | the distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something; a particular distance down from the surface of something | Tiefe |
| diagonal | at an angle; joining two opposite sides of something at an angle | diagonal, schräg |
| diameter | a straight line going from one side of a circle or any other round object to the other side, passing through the centre | Durchmesser |
| division | the process or result of dividing into separate parts; the process or result of dividing something or sharing it out | Division, Teilen |
| equation | a statement showing that two amounts or values are equal, for example 2x + y = 54 | Gleichung |
| even number | any integer (never a fraction) that can be divided exactly by 2. The last digit is 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8. | gerade Zahl |
| fraction | a small part or amount of something | Bruch |
| height | the measurement of how tall a person or thing is | Höhe |
| index (pl. indices) | the small number written above a larger number to show how many times that number must be multiplied by itself | Exponent |
| infinity | a number larger than any other | Unendlichkeit |
| integer | a whole number, such as 3 or 4 but not 3.5 | Ganzzahl |
| line | a long, thin mark on a surface | Linie |
| multiplication | the act or process of multiplying numbers | Multiplikation |
| obtuse angle | an angle between 90° and 180° | stumpfer Winkel |
| odd number | whole numbers that cannot be divided exactly into pairs. When divided by 2, they leave a remainder of 1. | ungerade Zahl |
| open bracket | a bracket with an open end towards the right, ( | Klammer auf |
| ordinal number | a number that refers to the position of something in a series, for example ‘first’, ‘second’, etc. | Ordinalzahl |
| oval | Oval | |
| parallel | two or more lines that are parallel to each other are the same distance apart at every point | parallel |
| percentage | the number, amount or rate of something, expressed as if it is part of a total that is 100; a part or share of a whole | prozentual, Prozentsatz |
| perpendicular | forming an angle of 90° with another line or surface; vertical and going straight up | lotrecht, senkrecht |
| quarter | one of four equal parts of something | Viertel |
| radius | a straight line between the centre of a circle and any point on its outer edge | Halbmesser, Radius |
| right angle | an angle of 90° | rechter Winkel |
| square root | a number which when multiplied by itself produces a particular number | Quadratwurzel |
| squared | an arithmetic operator signifying that the number is multiplied by itself | hoch zwei |
| sum | the number you get when you add two or more numbers together | Summe, Betrag, Ergebnis |
| symmetrical | having two halves, parts or sides that are the same in size and shape | symmetrisch |
| triangle | a flat shape with three straight sides and three angles | Dreieck |
| trillion | 1,000,000,000,000; one million million | Billion |
| width | the measurement from one side of something to the other; how wide something is | Breite |