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1. irrāciọ̄nāl adj.

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Math. Of quantities: that cannot be expressed in ordinary numbers or fractions. …

2. aggregāciǒun n.

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(a) Math. The process of adding numbers together; summation; sum; (b) med. a gathering of pus, humors, etc.; process of coming to a head, formation of a pustule. …

3. medien v.

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Math. To divide (a number) by two; halve (a number). …

4. quā̆dren v.

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Math. To take the square root of a number; ben quadred, of a number: have its square root taken. …

5. quā̆drāt(e n.

Additional spellings: quadrate
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(a) A square or rectangular area; (b) an instrument for measuring heights, depths, and distances, consisting of a square plate with two sides graduated, pegs set at three corners, and a movable peg on……

6. dūplicāciǒun n.

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Math. Multiplication by two, doubling. …

7. dūplāciǒun n.

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Math. Multiplication by two, doubling. …

8. dī̆vīden v.

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(a) To separate (sth.) into parts; break up, cut up, dismember, divide; part (a body of water, etc.); split up (an empire); (b) to separate (a group of people or things); (c) to break (sth.) up……

9. habitūde n.

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(a) Bodily constitution, proportion, or temperament; (b) habitude of the minde, mental disposition. …

10. excrescent adj.

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Math. Resulting from addition, greater. …

11. diǧitāl adj. & n.

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Math. (a) A digit; (b) digital nombre, a digit. …

12. adden v.

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(a) To join or combine (sth. with sth. else), add (sth.); (b) to say or write (sth.) in addition, add (sth.) as an amplification or a supplement; also, to speak further, continue; (c) adden to don, to……

13. quōcient n.

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Math. The quotient, the quantity resulting from the division of one number by another; nombre quocient. …

14. composit n.

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Math. A compound number. …

15. ablāciǒun n.

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Med. and surg. (a) Removal, amputation; ablacioun of blod, bloodletting; also, removal (of the cause of a disease); (b) loss of function (in a part of the body). …

16. dēnomināciǒun n.

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(a) A name or designation; taken denominacioun, to receive a name or reputation; (b) the act of giving a name (to sth.), naming. …

17. dī̆minūtī̆f adj. & n.

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Gram. A derivative word denoting a small kind of the primitive, a diminutive; also noun diminutif. …

18. dī̆minūciǒun n.

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(a) Diminishing in numbers or quantity, lessening; reduction, decrease; (b) math. subtraction; (c) extenuation of sin. …

19. difference n.

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The fact of difference in kind; lack of identity, unlikeness, dissimilarity, diversity: (a) without constr.; (b) with prep. phr.; (c) with gen. …

20. composiciǒun n.

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(a) The composition, constitution, or structure (of a complex object, organ, etc.); also, complexion, character; (b) a concoction, a compound medicine; (c) the act of making or constructing something……

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