Thursday, July 21, 2011

maths and science symbols and meaning free


+
plus
-
minus
±
plus or minus
x
multiplied by
/
over; divided by
÷
divided
=
equals
≈
approximately, similar
≡
equivalent to; identical
≠ 
not equal to
> 
greater than
< 
less than
≥ 
greater than or equal to
≤ 
less than or equal to
⊁
not greater than
⊀
not less than
≫
much greater than
≪
much less than
⊥
perpendicular to
∣∣
parallel to
≢
not equivalent to, not identical to
≄≉
not similar to
²
squared
³
cubed
4
to the fourth;  to the power four
n
 to the n; to the nth; to the power n
√
root; square root
∛
cube root
∜
fourth root 
!
factorial
%
percent
∞
infinity
∝
varies as; proportional to
˙
dot
¨
double dot
:
is to, ratio of
f(x) fx
f; function
f'(x)
f dash; derivative 
f''x
f double-dash; second derivative
f'''(x)
f triple-dash; f treble-dash; third derivative
f(4)
f four; fourth derivative 
∂
partial derivative, delta
∫
integral
∑
sum
w.r.t.
with respect to
log
log 
log₂x
log to the base 2 of x
∴
therefore
∵
because
→
gives, leads to, approaches
/
per
∈
belongs to; a member of;  an element of
∉
does not belong to; is not a member of; is not an element of
⊂
contained in;  a proper subset of
⊆
contained in; subset 
⋂
intersection
⋃
union
∀
for all
cos x
cos x; cosine x
sin x
sine x
tan x
tangent x
cosec x
cosec x
sinh x
shine x
cosh x
cosh x
tanh x
than x
|x|
mod x; modulus x
℃
degrees Centigrade
℉
degrees Fahrenheit
°K
degrees Kelvin
0°K, –273.15 °C
absolute zero
mm
millimetre
cm
centimetre
cc, cm³
cubic centimetre, centimetre cubed
m
metre
km
kilometre
mg
milligram
g
gram
kg
kilogram
AC
A.C.
DC
D.C.

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