Definitions for mathematical symbol
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1. mathematical symbolnoun

   a character that is used to indicates a mathematical relation or operation

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1. mathematical symbol

   A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula. As formulas are entirely constituted with symbols of various types, many symbols are needed for expressing all mathematics. The most basic symbols are the decimal digits (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), and the letters of the Latin alphabet. The decimal digits are used for representing numbers through the Hindu–Arabic numeral system. Historically, upper-case letters were used for representing points in geometry, and lower-case letters were used for variables and constants. Letters are used for representing many other sorts of mathematical objects. As the number of these sorts has remarkably increased in modern mathematics, the Greek alphabet and some Hebrew letters are also used. In mathematical formulas, the standard typeface is italic type for Latin letters and lower-case Greek letters, and upright type for upper case Greek letters. For having more symbols, other typefaces are also used, mainly boldface a , A , b , B , … {\displaystyle \mathbf {a,A,b,B} ,\ldots } , script typeface A , B , … {\displaystyle {\mathcal {A,B}},\ldots } (the lower-case script face is rarely used because of the possible confusion with the standard face), German fraktur a , A , b , B , … {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {a,A,b,B}},\ldots } , and blackboard bold N , Z , Q , R , C , H , F q {\displaystyle \mathbb {N,Z,Q,R,C,H,F} _{q}} (the other letters are rarely used in this face, or their use is unconventional). The use of Latin and Greek letters as symbols for denoting mathematical objects is not described in this article. For such uses, see Variable (mathematics) and List of mathematical constants. However, some symbols that are described here have the same shape as the letter from which they are derived, such as ∏ {\displaystyle \textstyle \prod {}} and ∑ {\displaystyle \textstyle \sum {}} . These letters alone are not sufficient for the needs of mathematicians, and many other symbols are used. Some take their origin in punctuation marks and diacritics traditionally used in typography; others by deforming letter forms, as in the cases of ∈ {\displaystyle \in } and ∀ {\displaystyle \forall } . Others, such as + and =, were specially designed for mathematics.

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1. mathematical symbol

   A mathematical symbol is a character or sign used to represent a specific concept, operation, set, or value in mathematics. These symbols are abstract and can range from simple numbers, operators like + or -, to more complex symbols like pi (π) or infinity (∞) that stand for larger mathematical concepts. They are shorthand notation for mathematical concepts, expressions, or equations, and serve to simplify and universally standardize mathematical communication.

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1. mathematical symbol

   A symbol used in mathematics.

   Mathematical symbols are used in mathematics.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 21, 2021  

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How to pronounce mathematical symbol?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mathematical symbol in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mathematical symbol in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_Symbol
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