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**Definitions**
A definition is a rethorical pattern you use to conceptualize words. Definitions usually have a term to be defined, a general class word and a characteristic or characteristics. Example A dog (term to be defined) is an animal (general class word) that barks has four legs and a tail. (characteristics)

=Description= A description is a writing form used to create an impression of an object, person, place, event, process, mechanism, etc. You can describe people, objects, animals, plants, or you can also describe how an event happened, how a mechanism operates, etcetera. In a description you find many ** adjectives ** which are the words that will characterize any thing you want to describe. __Example 1:__ In an **equilateral triangle**, all sides are of equal length. An equilateral triangle is also an equiangular polygon, i.e. all its internal angles are equal—namely, 60°; it is a regular polygon. This description was taken from the following web page: [] __Example 2:__ A polygon that is not convex is called **concave**.[|[2]] A concave polygon will always have an interior angle with a measure that is greater than 180 degrees. It is possible to cut a concave polygon into a set of convex polygons This description was taken from the following web page: [] == =Assignment= I. Now select 5 definitions from the on-line mathematics dictionary at [], [|http://www.math.com/school/glossary/glossindex.html], [], or from any other math glossary or dictionary and copy them. Your job will be to identify: a. the term to be defined (**Bold)** b. the general class word ( **Blue & Bold**) c. the characteristics (__underlined__ )

1) **Absolute value**: The __ **distance** a number is from zero__ on the number line. For example -5 is 5 units away from zero. It would be written as |-5| 2) **Adjacent angles**: Two **angle** s that __share a ray, thereby being directly next to each other__ 3) **Graph**: A **visual representation** of data that __displays the relationship among variables__, usually cast along x and y axes. 4) **Hypotenuse**: The **side** of the triangle that __is opposite the right angle__ 5) **Frequency**: The **number** of __items occurring in a given category__ II. __**Using your own words**__, write 1 definition about any mathematical terms.
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**Factor** A term of any kind, like a number or symbol, which when multiplied with another term outputs a P roduct

[|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal__] 1. There is a definition of fractals there. Please identify it and identify its components. (**Bold**) identify them... I don't know which bold part corresponds to what??? 2. There is a description there, please identify it and tell me how you found it. What helped you when locating it. (__Underlined__) **I found it by searching keywords and the way they connected**
 * III. In the text you will find when you click the link below, extract the first paragraph and please find all the characteristics of fractals and underline them. Also find the adjectives and circle them.Be careful ! ! ! **

"A **fractal** has been defined as "a rough or fragmented **geometric** **shape** that can be **split** **into** **parts**, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole," a property called **self-similarity** . __Roots of the idea of fractals go back to the 17th century, while mathematically rigorous treatment of fractals can be traced back to functions studied by Karl Weierstrass, Georg Cantor and Felix Hausdorff a century later in studying functions that were continuous but not differentiable __; however, the term //fractal // was coined by Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975 and was derived from the Latin //frāctus // meaning "broken" or "fractured." __A mathematical fractal is based on an equation that undergoes iteration, a form of feedback based on recursion __. There are several examples of fractals, which are defined as portraying exact self-similarity, quasi self-similarity, or statistical self-similarity. While fractals are a mathematical construct, they are found in nature, which has led to their inclusion in artwork. They are useful in medicine, <span class="wiki_link_ext">soil mechanics, <span class="wiki_link_ext">seismology , and <span class="wiki_link_ext">technical analysis ." (taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal)

Definition and description have to be about the same term
 * I **** V. Now write a description of any mathematical word or topic. **
 * Triangle:** A geometric shape consistent __of__ three sides and three angles, there are three different triangles: equilateral, isosceles, and scalene**. good this last part is classification**