Vocabulary: Algebra

The following list is a comprehensive guide to the terms students will likely encounter when studying high school Alegbra.

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Absolute ValueJuéduì zhí绝对值
Absolute Value FunctionJuéduì zhí hánshù绝对值函数
AdditionJiāfǎ加法 
AsymptoteJiàn jìn xiàn渐近线
Average Píngjūn shù平均数 
Axis Zhóu轴 
Axis of SymmetryDuìchèn zhóu对称轴
Binomial TheoremÈr xiàng shì dìnglǐ二项式定理
BracketsGuāhào括号 
Cell Dānyuán gé单元格 
Change of Base FormulaQiēhuàn jīběn gōngshì切换基本公式
CoefficientXìshù系数
Column Liè
Common LogarithmChángyòng duì shù常用对数
CommunicateGōutōng沟通
CompareBǐjiào比较
Compare ArgumentsCānshù duìbǐ参数对比
Completing the SquarePèi píngfāng配平方
Complex NumberFùshù复数
Composite FunctionsFùhé hánshù复合函数
CompressionYāsuō压缩
ConstantChángshù常数
Constraint (Restrictions)Xiànzhì限制
Critique Píngjià评价 
Decay FactorShuāijiǎn yīnzǐ衰减因子 
DeterminantPànbié shì判别式 
DifferenceChà
DimensionsWéidù维度
DistributeFēnpèi分配
DivisionChúfǎ除法 
DomainDìngyì yù定义域
EliminationChùqú除去
Equation Fāngchéngshì方程式 
Equivalent SystemsDěng jià xìtǒng等价系统 
EquivilenceDěng zhí, xiāngděng等值,相等
Exponential and Logarithmic FunctionsZhǐshù yǔ duì shù hánshù指数与对数 函数 
Exponential DecayZhǐshù shuāijiǎn指数衰减 
Exponential EquationsZhǐshù fāngchéng指数方程
Exponential FunctionsZhǐshù hánshù指数函数 
Exponential GrowthZhǐshù zēngzhǎng指数增长 
Exponential ModelsZhǐshù móxíng指数模型 
ExponentsZhǐshù指数 
ExpressionsBiǎo dá shì表达式
FacilitateXiétiáo协调 
Feasible RegionKěxíng yù可行域  
Formula Gōngshì公式 
FunctionHánshù函数
Graph Túbiǎo图表 
GraphingTúxíng图形
Greater ThanDàyú大于
Greater Than or EqualDàyú děngyú大于等于
Greatest Common FactorZuìdà gōngyuē shù最大公约数 
Growth FactorChéngzhǎng zhǐshù成长指数 
InequalitiesBù píngděng不平等
Inverse FunctionsFǎn hánshù反函数 
Less ThanXiǎoyú小于
Less Than or EqualXiǎoyú děngyú小于等于
Like TermsTónglèi xiàng同类项 
Linear InequalityYīcì bùděngshì(xiànxìng bùděngshì)一次不等式(线性不等式)
Linear SystemsXiànxìng xìtǒng线性系统 
Linear Systems (Functions)Xiànxìng hánshù线性函数
LogarithmDuì shù对数
Logarithm (Natural)Zìrán duì shù自然对数 
Logarithm (Standard)Biāozhǔn duì shù (yǐ 10 wèi dǐ)标准对数(以10为底)
Logarithm EquationDuì shù fāngchéng对数方程 
Logarithm FunctionDuì shù hánshù对数函数
Logarithmic ScaleDuì shù zuòbiāo对数坐标 
MatricesJǔzhèn, Móxíng矩阵,模型
MatrixJǔzhèn矩阵
Matrix ElementJǔzhèn Yuánsù矩阵元素
MonomialDānxiàngshì单项式
Multiplication Chéngfǎ乘法 
MultiplicityCì (duōxiàngshì de cìshù)次(多项式的次数)
Natural Logarithmic FunctionZìrán duì shù hánshù自然对数函数 
nth Rootn cì fāng gēnn次方根
Numbers (Imaginary)Xūshù虚数 
ParabolaPāowùxiàn抛物线
Parallel linesPíngxíng xiàn平行线
Parent Function Mǔ hánshù母函数 
Pascal’s TrianglePàsīkǎ sānjiǎo (yánghuī sānjiǎo, xiāngguān èr xiàng shì xìshù) 帕斯卡三角(杨辉三角,相关二项式系数)
Perpendicular linesChuízhí xiàn垂直线
Point slope form y – y = m(x – x)Diǎn xié shì点斜式
Polynomial FunctionsDuōxiàngshì hánshù多项式函数 
PolynomialsDuōxiàngshì多项式 
Principle RootZhǔgēn主根 
Product
Quadratic EquationsÈr cì āngchéng二次方程
Quadratic FormulaÈr cì fāngchéng qiú gēn gōngshì二次方程求根公式
Quadratic Systems  (Functions)Èr cì hánshù二次函数
QuotientShāng
Radical EquationGēnshì fāngchéng根式方程 
Radical FunctionsGēnshì hánshù根式函数 
RadicalsGēnshì根式
RadicandBèi kāi fāng shù被开方数 
RangeZhí yù值域
Rational ExponentYǒu lǐ shǔ de zhǐshù有理数的指数 
Rationalized the DenominatorFēnmǔ yǒu lǐhuà分母有理化
Rationalized the ExponentZhǐshù yǒu lǐhuà指数有理化 
ReflectionJìngmiàn duìchèn镜面对称
Relative MaximumXiāngduì Zuìdà Zhí相对最大值
Relative MinimumXiāngduì Zuìxiǎo Zhí相对最小值
RootGēnshì根式
Row Háng
Scientific Notation Kēxué jìshù fǎ科学计数法 
SimplifyJiǎn Hua简化 
SinSinSin
SlopeXiélǜ斜率
Slope Intercept Form   (y=mx+b)Xié jié shì   (y=mx+b)斜截式   (y=mx+b)
Square RootPíngfānggēn平方根
Square Root EquationPíngfānggēn fāngchéng平方根方程
Square Root FunctionPíngfānggēn hánshù平方根函数
Standard Form of a Polynomial FunctionBiāozhǔn xíngshì duōxiàngshì hánshù标准形式多项式函数
Standard Form of the Equation     Ax+By=CBiāozhǔn xíngshì fāngchéng     Ax +By = C标准形式方程     Ax+By=C
SubstituteDàirù代入
Subtraction Jiǎnfǎ减法 
Sum
Synthetic DivisionsZònghé chénshù综合陈述
System of EquationsFāngchéng zǔ方程组
Table Biǎogé表格 
Transformation (Stretches)Píngyí变换(拉神) 
TranslationPíngyí平移
Translation (Horizontal)Píngyí (shuǐpíng)平移(水平)
Translation (Vertical)Píngyí (chuízhí)平移(垂直)
Trinomial TheoremSān xiàng shì dìnglǐ三项式定理 
Turning PointGuǎidiǎn拐点
UndefinedBù quèdìng, bù míngquè不确定,不明确
VariableBiànliàng变量
VertexDǐngdiǎn顶点
Vertex FormDǐngdiǎn shì顶点式
X Axis X ZhóuX轴 
Y Axis Y ZhóuY轴 
Z Axis Z ZhóuZ轴 
Zero of a FunctionHán shǔ de língdiǎn函数的零点