Looking for math words that start with M?
Math speak can be confusing at times, but it’s important to know the correct terminology if you’re to understand math problems.
To help out, for the letter M specifically, I’ve listed some of the most common math-related words:
Math Words That Start With M
Magic Square – a square array of numbers, usually positive integers, is called a magic square if the sums of the numbers in each row, each column, and both main diagonals are the same.
Magnitude – a property which determines whether the object is larger or smaller than other objects of the same kind.
Major Arc – the longer arc connecting two endpoints on a circle.
Major Axis – the axis of an ellipse that passes through the two foci.
Mantissa – the fractional part of the common (base-10) logarithm.
Markup – the difference between the selling price of a product and cost price.
Mass – the amount of matter an object contains.
Match – When two similar objects can be identified on the basis of their common properties, the process is known as matching.
Mathematics – an area of knowledge, which includes the study of such topics as numbers.
Matrix – a rectangular array or table of numbers, symbols, or expressions, arranged in rows and columns, which is used to represent a mathematical object or a property of such an object.
Maximize – the mathematical process of finding the maximum value of a function.
Mean – a quantity that has a value intermediate between those of the extreme members of some set.
Measurement Units – A unit of measurement describes one unit of a quantity.
Median – the middle value in a list ordered from smallest to largest.
Metric System – a system of measurement that succeeded the decimalised system based on the meter that had been introduced in France in the 1790s.
Midpoint – In geometry, the midpoint is the middle point of a line segment.
Mile – A unit of length equal to exactly 1.609344 kilometers.
Million – 1 million means one thousand thousand, in math.
Millimeter – A unit of length equal to one thousandth (10−3 ) of a meter, or 0.0394 inch.
Minor Arc – the shorter arc connecting two endpoints on a circle.
Minor Axis – The shortest diameter of an ellipse.
Minus – Also known as subtraction, is an arithmetic operation that represents the operation of removing objects from a collection.
Mixed Fraction – an improper fraction written as the sum of a whole number and a proper fraction.
Mode – the most frequently occurring value on the list.
Model – a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language.
Modulus – a system of arithmetic for integers, where numbers “wrap around” when reaching a certain value.
Moire Pattern – large-scale interference patterns that can be produced when an opaque ruled pattern with transparent gaps is overlaid on another similar pattern.
Majority – the greater part, or more than half, of the total.
Money – a commodity accepted by general consent as a medium of economic exchange.
More Than – bigger or greater than, shown with the symbol >
Most – the greatest amount or quantity.
Multiple – a number that may be divided by another a certain number of times without a remainder.
Multiplication – the process of combining matrices, vectors, or other quantities under specific rules to obtain their product.
Mutually Exclusive Events – two events are mutually exclusive or disjoint if they cannot both occur at the same time.
I hope you found the words you were looking for from the list above.
This isn’t an exhaustive list, if there are any math words starting with the letter M that you would like added to the list, please leave me a comment below.
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