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Mathematical and scientific symbols

Symbols
+
plus
/'pls/
minus
/'mans/
plus or minus
/'pls :'mans/
multiplied by
/'mltplad ba/
over; divided by
/'v/ /d'vadd/
divided
/d'vadd/
equals
/':kwlz/
approximately, similar
/'prksmtl/ /'sml t/
equivalent to;identical
/k'wvlnt t/ /a'dentkl t/
not equal to
/'nt 'ikwl t/
>
greater than
/'gret n/
<
less than
/'les n/
greater than or equal to
/'gret nr 'ikwl t/
less than or equal to
/'les nr' ikwl t/
not greater than
/'nt 'gret n/
not less than
/'nt 'les n/
much greater than
/'m 'gret n/
much less than
/'m 'les n/
perpendicular to
/ppn'dkjl t/
parallel to
/'prlel t/
not equivalent to, not identical to
/'nt k'wvlnt t/ /'nt a'dentkl

t/
not similar to
/'nt 'sml t/
squared
/'skwed/
cubed
/'kju:bd/
to the fourth; to the power four
/t 'f/ /te 'p f/
to the n; to the nth;to the power n
/t en; t d en; t pr
en/
root;square root
/ru:t/ /skwe ru:t/
cube root
/kju:b ru:t/
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fourth root
/f rut/
factorial
/fk'trl/
percent
/p'sent/
infinity
/n'fnt/
varies as;proportional to
/'vrz//pr'pnl/
dot
/dt/
double dot
/dbl dt/
is to, ratio of
/re/
f(x) fx
f;function
/ef/ /'fkn/
f'(x)
f dash; derivative
/d/ /d'rvtv/
f''x
f double-dash;second derivative
/'dbl d/ /'seknd d'rvtv/
f'''(x)
f triple-dash; f treble-dash;third derivative
/'trpl d/ / trebl d/ /:d

d'rvtv/
f(4)
f four;fourth derivative
/f d'rvtv/
partial derivative, delta
/pal d'rvtv/ /delt/
integral
/'ntgrl/
sum
/sm/
w.r.t.
with respect to
/w 'rspekt/
log
log
/lg/
logx
log to the base 2 of x
/lg t bes tu: v eks/
therefore
/'f/
because
/b'kz/
gives, leads to, approaches
/gvz/ /li:dz t/ /prz/
per
/p:/
belongs to; a member of; an element of
/b'lz/ /'memb/ /'elmnt/
does not belong to;is not a member of; is not

an element of
/ntb'l/ /nt 'memb/ /nt n

'elmnt/
contained in;a proper subset of
/kn'tend n/ /'prp 'sbset/
contained in;subset
/'sbset/
intersection
/'ntsekn/
union
/'junn/
for all
/f r:l/
cos x
cos x; cosine x
/kz/
sin x
sine x
/san/
tan x
tangent x
/tan/
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cosec x
cosec x
/'ksek/
sinh x
shine x
/'an/
cosh x
cosh x
/'k/
tanh x
than x
/n/
|x|
mod x; modulus x
/md/ /'mdjls/
degrees Centigrade
/d'gri:z 'sentgred/
degrees Fahrenheit
/d'gri:z 'frnhat/
degrees Kelvin
/d'gri:z 'kelvn/
0K,
273.15 C
absolute zero
/abslu:t zi:r/
mm
millimetre
/'mlmit/
cm
centimetre
/'sentmit/
cc, cm
cubic centimetre, centimetre cubed
/'kjubk
'sentmit//'sentmit'kju:bd/
metre
/'mit/
km
kilometre
/k'lmt/
mg
milligram
/'mlgrm/
gram
/grm/
kg
kilogram
/'klgrm/
AC
A.C.
/e si:/
DC
D.C.
/di: si:/
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Examples
x+1
x plus one
x -1
x minus one
x1
x plus or minus one
xy
x y;x times y; x multiplied by y
(x y)(x
x minus y, x plus y
+ y)
x/y
x over y; x divided by y;
xy
x divided by y
x=5
x equals 5; x is equal to 5
xy
x is approximately equal to y
x y
x is equivalent to y; x is identical with y
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xy
x is not equal to y
x>y
x is greater than y
x<y
x is less than y
x y
x is greater than or equal to y
xy
x is less than or equal to y
0<x<1
zero is less than x is less than 1; x is greater than zero and less than 1
0 x 1
zero is less than or equal to x is less than or equal to 1; x is greater than or equal to
zero and less than or equal to 1
x squared
x cubed
x4
x to the fourth; x to the power four
xn
x to the n;x to the nth; x to the power n
x-n
x to the minus n; x to the power of minus n
root x;square root x;the square root of x
the cube root of x
the fourth root of x

the nth root of x
(x + y)
x plus y all squared
(x/y)
x over y all squared
n!
n factorial; factorial n
x%
x percent
infinity
xy
x varies as y; x is (directly) proportional to y
x 1/y
x varies as one over y; x is indirectly proportional to y
xdot
xdouble dot
f(x) fx
f of x; the function of x
f'(x)
f dash x; the (first) derivative of with respect to x
f''x
f double-dash x; the second derivative of f with respect to x
f'''(x)
f triple-dash x; f treble-dash x; the third derivative of f with respect to x
f(4)
f four x; the fourth derivative of f with respect to x
the partial derivative of v
delta v by delta theta, the partial derivative of v with respect to
delta two v by delta theta squared; the second partial derivative of v with respect to
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dv
the derivative of v
dv
d
d v by d theta, the derivative of v with respect to theta
dv
d
d 2 v by d theta squared, the second derivative of v with respect to theta,
integral
integral from zero to infinity
sum
the sum from i equals 1 to n
w.r.t.
with respect to
logey
log to the base e of y; log y to the base e; natural log (of) y
therefore
because
gives, approaches
x 0
delta x approaches zero
lim
the limit as delta x approaches zero,the limit as delta x tends to zero
Lt
the limit as delta x approaches zero,the limit as delta x tends to zero
m/sec
metres per second
xA
x belongs to A; x is a member of A; x is an element of A
x A
x does not belong to A; x is not a member of A; x is not an element of A
A B
A is contained in B; A is a proper subset of B
AB
A is contained in B; A is a subset of B
A B
A intersection B
A B
A union B
cos x
cos x; cosine x
sin x
sine x
tan x
tangent x, tan x
cosec x
cosec x
sinh x
shine x
cosh x
cosh x
tanh x
than x
|x|
mod x; modulus x
18
eighteen degrees Centigrade
70
seventy degrees Fahrenheit
x0
x0
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Greek alphabet
alpha
/'lf/
beta
/'bi:t/
gamma /'gm/
delta
epsilon /'epsiln/
zeta
/'zit/
eta
/'it/
theta
/'it/
iota
/a't/
kappa
/'kp/
lamda
/'lmd/
mu
/'mju/
nu
/'nju/
xi
/'ksa/
omicron /'mkrn/
/'delt/
pi
/'pa/
rho
/'r/
sigma
/'sgm/
tau
/'t/
upsilon /'jpsln/
phi
/'fa/
/'ka/
chi
psi
/'psa/
omega
/'mg/
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Roman alphabet
A a /'e/
B b /'bi/
C c /'si/
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D d /'di/
E e /'i/
F f
/'ef/
G g /'i/
H h /'e/
I
/'a/
/'e/
K k /'ke/
L l
/'el/
M m /'em/
N n /'en/
O o /'/
P p /'pi/
Q q /'kju/
R r
/'/
S s /'es/
T t
/'ti:/
U u /'ju:/
V v /'vi:/
W w /'dblju/
X x /'eks/
Y y /'wa/
Z z /'zed/
^
Fractions
a half
/ 'h:f/
a quarter
/ 'kwt/
three quarters /ri 'kwtz/

a third
/ ':d/
two thirds
/tu: ':dz/
a fifth
/ 'ff/
two fifths
/tu: 'ffs/
three fifths
/ri 'ffs/
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four fifths
/f 'ffs/
a sixth
/ 'sks/
five sixths
/fav 'skss/
an eighth
/n 'et/
three eighths /ri 'ets/

five eighths
/fav'ets/
seven eighths /sevn'ets/
^
Decimal Fractions
0.1
nought point one
/n:t pntwn/
0.01
nought point oh one
/n:tpnt wn/
0.0001
nought point oh oh oh one
/ten pnt wn/
1.1
one point one
/wnpntwn/
1.2
one point two
/wnpnt tu:/
1.23
one point two three
/wnpnt tu: ri:/
1.0123
one point oh one two three
/wnpnt wn tu: ri:/
10.01
ten point oh one
/ten pnt wn/
21.57
twenty-one point five seven
/'twent wnpnt fav 'sevn/
2.6666666666....
two point six recurring
/tu: pntsksr'k:r/
2.612361236123... two point six one two three recurring /tu: pntsks wn tu:ri: r'k:r/
2.5 million
two point five million
/tu: pnt fav'mljn/
^
SI Units: Prefixes
10-24 yocto y
/'jkt/
10-21 zepto z
/'zept/
10-18 atto
a /'at/
10-15 femto f
/'femt/
10-12 pico
p /'pi:k/
10-9
nano
n /'nan/
10-6
micro /'makr/
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10-3
milli
m /'ml/
10-2
centi
10-1
deci
d /'des/
103
kilo
106
mega M /'meg/
109
giga
/'sent/
/'kl/
G /'gg/
1012 tera
T /'ter/
1015 peta
P /'pet/
1018 exa
E /'eks/
1021 zetta
Z /'zet/
1024 yotta
Y /'jt/
1027 xona
X /'zn/
1030 weka W /'wek/

1033 vunda V /'vnd/
^
Cardinal Numbers
1
one
/wn/
two
/tu:/
three
/ri:/
four
/f/
five
/fav/
six
/sks/
seven
/'sevn/
eight
/et/
nine
/nan/
10
ten
/ten/
11
eleven
/'levn/
12
twelve
/twelv/
13
thirteen
/:'ti:n/
14
fourteen
/f'ti:n/
15
fifteen
/ff'ti:n/
16
sixteen
/skst'i:n/
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17
seventeen
/seven'ti:n/
18
eighteen
/e'ti:n/
19
nineteen
/nan'ti:n/
20
twenty
/'twent/
21
twenty-one
/twent'wn/
22
twenty-two
/twent'tu:/
23
twenty-three
/twent'ri:/
24
twenty-four
/twent'f/
25
twenty-five
/twent'fav/
26
twenty-six
/twent'sks/
27
twenty-seven
/twent'sevn/
28
twenty-eight
/twent'et/
29
twenty-nine
/twent'nan/
30
thirty
/':t/
40
forty
/'ft/
50
fifty
/'fft/
60
sixty
/'skst/
70
seventy
/'sevnt/
80
eighty
/'et/
90
ninety
/'nant/
100
a hundred; one hundred
/ 'hndrd/ /wn 'hndrd/
101
a hundred and one
/ 'hndrd n wn/
102
a hundred and two
/ 'hndrd n tu:/
110
a hundred and ten
/ 'hndrd n ten/
120
a hundred and twenty
/ 'hndrd n'twent/
200
two hundred
/tu: 'hndrd/
300
three hundred
/ri: 'hndrd/
400
four hundred
/f 'hndrd/
500
five hundred
/fav 'hndrd/
600
six hundred
/sks 'hndrd/
700
seven hundred
/'sevn 'hndrd/
800
eight hundred
/et 'hndrd/
900
nine hundred
/nan 'hndrd/
1 000
a thousand, one thousand
/ 'znd/ /wn 'znd/
1 001
a thousand and one
/ 'znd n wn/
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1 010
a thousand and ten
/ 'znd n ten/
1 020
a thousand and twenty
/ 'zndn'twent/
1 100
one thousand, one hunded
/wn 'zndwn 'hndrd/
1 101
one thousand, one hundred

and one
/wn 'zndwn 'hndrd

n wn/
1 110
one thousand, one hundred

and ten
/wn 'zndwn 'hndrd

n ten/
9 999
nine thousand, nine hundred

and ninety-nine
/nan 'zndnan 'hndrd

n'nant 'nan/
10 000
ten thousand
/ten 'znd/
15 356
fifteen thousand, three

hundred and fifty six
/'ffti:n 'zndri: 'hndrd

n 'fft sks/
100 000
a hundred thousand
/ 'hndrd 'znd/
1 000 000
a million
/ 'mljn/
100 000 000
a hundred million
/ 'hndrd 'mljn/
1 000 000 000
a billion
/ 'bljn/
100 000 000 000
a hundred billion
/ 'hndrd 'bljn/
1 000 000 000 000
a trillion
/ 'trljn/
1 000 000 000 000 000
a quadrillion
/ kwdrljn/
1 000 000 000 000 000 000
a quintillian
/ kwn'tljn/
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
a sextillion
/ seks'tljn/
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

000
a septillion
/ sep'tljn/
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

000 000
an ocillion
/n kt'tljn/
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

000 000 000
a nonillion
/ nn'ljn/
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

000 000 000 000
a decillion
/ de'sljn/
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Ordinal Numbers
1st
first
/f:st/
2nd
second
/'seknd/
3rd
third
/:d/
4th
fourth
/f:/
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5th
fifth
/ff/
6th
sixth
/sks/
7th
seventh
/'sevn/
8th
eighth
/et/
9th
ninth
/nan/
10th
tenth
/ten/
11th
eleventh
/'levn/
12th
twelfth
/'twelf/
13th
thirteenth
/:'ti:n/
14th
fourtheenth
/f'ti:n/
15th
fidteenth
/ff'ti:n/
16th
sixteenth
/sks'ti:n/
17th
seventeenth
/seven'ti:n/
18th
eighteenth
/e'ti:n/
19th
nineteenth
/nan'ti:n/
20th
twentieth
/'twent/
21st
twenty-first
/twent'f:st/
22nd
twenty-second /twent'seknd/
23rd
twenty-third
/twent':d/
24th
twenty-fourth
/twent'f:/
25th
twenty-fifth
/twent'ff/
26th
twenty-sixth
/twent'sks/
27th
twenty-seventh /twent'sevn/
28th
twenty-eighth
/twent'et/
29th
twenty-ninth
/twent'nan/
30th
thirtieth
/'t/
31st
thirty-first
/t'f:st/
40th
fortieth
/'f:t/
50th
fiftieth
/'fft/
100th
hundredth
/'hndrd/
1 000th
thousandth
/'znd/
1 000 000th miilionth
/'mljn/
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Mathematical and scientific symbols

greater than or equal to

less than or equal to

/'les nr' ikwl t/

not greater than

not less than

much greater than

much less than

not equivalent to, not identical to

/'nt k'wvlnt t/ /'nt a'dentkl

to the fourth; to the power four

/t 'f/ /te 'p f/

to the n; to the nth;to the power n

/ru:t/ /skwe ru:t/

/'dbl d/ /'seknd d'rvtv/

f triple-dash; f treble-dash;third derivative

/'trpl d/ / trebl d/ /:d

partial derivative, delta

/pal d'rvtv/ /delt/

log to the base 2 of x

/lg t bes tu: v eks/

gives, leads to, approaches

/gvz/ /li:dz t/ /prz/

belongs to; a member of; an element of

/b'lz/ /'memb/ /'elmnt/

does not belong to;is not a member of; is not

/ntb'l/ /nt 'memb/ /nt n

contained in;a proper subset of

/kn'tend n/ /'prp 'sbset/

cubic centimetre, centimetre cubed

x plus or minus one

x y;x times y; x multiplied by y

x is equivalent to y; x is identical with y

x is greater than or equal to y

x is less than or equal to y

x to the fourth; x to the power four

x to the n;x to the nth; x to the power n

x to the minus n; x to the power of minus n

root x;square root x;the square root of x

the cube root of x

the fourth root of x

x plus y all squared

x over y all squared

x varies as y; x is (directly) proportional to y

x varies as one over y; x is indirectly proportional to y

f dash x; the (first) derivative of with respect to x

f double-dash x; the second derivative of f with respect to x

f triple-dash x; f treble-dash x; the third derivative of f with respect to x

f four x; the fourth derivative of f with respect to x

the partial derivative of v

delta v by delta theta, the partial derivative of v with respect to

d v by d theta, the derivative of v with respect to theta

d 2 v by d theta squared, the second derivative of v with respect to theta,

log to the base e of y; log y to the base e; natural log (of) y

delta x approaches zero

the limit as delta x approaches zero,the limit as delta x tends to zero

the limit as delta x approaches zero,the limit as delta x tends to zero

metres per second

x belongs to A; x is a member of A; x is an element of A

x does not belong to A; x is not a member of A; x is not an element of A

A is contained in B; A is a proper subset of B

eighteen degrees Centigrade

seventy degrees Fahrenheit