Monomial meaning

mŏ-nōmē-əl, mə-
An algebraic expression consisting of only one term.
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An algebraic expression consisting of only one term.
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A monomial expression, quantity, or name.
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The definition of a monomial is an algebra expression with only one term.

An example of monomial is 13.

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A taxonomic name consisting of a single word.
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An algebraic expression consisting of a single term, especially one of the form axn , where a is a number and n is an integer greater than or equal to 0.
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Relative to an polynomial consisting of one term.
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(mathematics) A single term consisting of a product of numbers and variables with positive integer exponents.

5x²y is a monomial.

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Consisting of only one term.
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Consisting of only one word.
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Origin of monomial

  • mon(o)– (bin)omial

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Wiktionary

Monomial Sentence Examples

  • The general monomial symmetric function is a P1 a P2 a P3.

  • Since dp4+(-)P+T1(p +q qi 1)!dd4, the solutions of the partial differential equation d P4 =o are the single bipart forms, omitting s P4, and we have seen that the solutions of p4 = o are those monomial functions in which the part pq is absent.

  • In order that a monomial containing a m as a factor may be divisible by a monomial containing a p as a factor, it is necessary that p should be not greater than m.

  • (ii.) By means of the commutative law we can collect like terms of a monomial, numbers being regarded as like terms. Thus the above expression is equal to 6a 5 bc 2, which is, of course, equal to other expressions, such as 6ba 5 c 2.

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