Math pronunciations

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Arithmetic and algebra

Symbol Names Sample usage
equals
is
is equal to
does not equal
is not equal to
approximately equals
is approximately
less than
less than or equal to
greater than
greater than or equal to
plus
minus
negative
plus or minus
times
times
divided by
over
absolute value
square root
cube root
x squared
x cubed
x to the fourth
1 over x
sum
product
factorial
is proportional to
infinity

Trigonometric functions

Symbol Names Sample usage
sine
cos
cosine
tan
tangent
cotangent
secant
cosecant
arcsine
inverse sine
arcos
arccosine
inverse cosine
arctan
arctangent
inverse tangent
arccotangent
inverse cotangent
arcsecant
inverse secant
arccosecant
inverse cosecant
sinh
hyperbolic sine
cosh
hyperbolic cosine
hyperbolic tangent
hyperbolic cotangent
hyperbolic secant
hyperbolic cosecant

Calculus

Symbol Names Sample usage
integral
indefinite integral
definite integral
integral from a to b
d dx
derivative with respect to x
gradient
del
nabla
partial with respect to x
limit

Exponentials and logarithms

Symbol Names Sample usage
e to the x
log
natural log
natural logarithm
log base b

Sets and quantifiers

Symbol Names Sample usage
is an element of
is in
is not an element of
is not in
union
intersection
intersect
subset
is contained in
superset
contains
empty set
for all
for any
for each
there exists
there is
there are

Linear algebra

Symbol Names Sample usage
dot product
cross product
norm
length
is perpendicular to
orthogonal
complement