Looking for math words that start with S?
From Scale to Symmetry and everything in between, there are a lot of words beginning with S that are used in math terminology.
To help you out, I’ve put together a list of the most common math-related words I was able to find:
Math Words That Start With S
Same – is equal to, the = symbol.
Scale – the ratio of the length of any object in relation to the actual length of the same object in the real world.
Scalene Triangle – a triangle that has three unequal sides.
Scaling – multiplying every linear dimension of an object by the same factor.
Scatter Plot – a set of points plotted on a horizontal and vertical axes.
Segment – a part of a line or curve between two points.
Semicircle – a one-dimensional locus of points that forms half of a circle.
Septagon – A 7-sided polygon also called a Heptagon.
Sequence – sets of numbers that follow a pattern or a rule.
Series – a description of the operation of adding infinitely many quantities, one after the other, to a given starting quantity.
Shape – a geometric figure such as a square, triangle, or rectangle.
Shortest – measuring a small distance from end to end.
Simplify – to reduce (an equation, fraction, etc) to a simpler form by cancellation of common factors, regrouping of terms in the same variable, etc.
Simultaneous Equations – equations involving two or more unknowns that are to have the same values in each equation.
Sine Rule – The angles are labeled with capital letters.
Sixths – one of six equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc.
Smaller – Having a size less than another object.
Solid Figure – three-dimensional (3-D) figures that have length, height and width.
Solution – A value or values which, when substituted for a variable in an equation, make the equation true.
Solve – to find a solution.
Sort – to put in a certain place or rank according to kind, class, or nature.
Sphere – the set of all points in three-dimensional space lying the same distance from a given point.
Spline – a special function defined piecewise by polynomials.
Square Unit – the metric unit used to measure area.
Square Root – a factor of a number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number.
Stack – a sheaf that takes values in categories rather than sets.
Standard Deviation – a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.
Standard Form – a system of writing numbers which can be particularly useful for working with very large or very small numbers.
Stationary Point – a point where the derivative of f(x) is equal to 0.
Statistics – the application of probability theory, a branch of mathematics, to statistics, as opposed to techniques for collecting statistical data.
Straight Angle – an angle of 180°.
Subscript – (of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed below the line.
Substitution – Putting values where the letters are.
Subtend – an angle is subtended by an arc, line segment or any other section of a curve when its two rays pass through the endpoints of that arc, line segment or curve section.
Subtraction – an arithmetic operation that represents removing objects from a collection. Subtraction is signified by the minus sign, −.
Successive – following in order.
Superscript – (of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed above the line.
Symmetry – a law or operation where a physical property or process has an equivalence in two or more directions.
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 S that you would like added to the list, please leave me a comment below.
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