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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 b. the general class word and c. the characteristics II. __**Using your own words**__, write 1 definition about any mathematical terms.

[|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal__] 1. There is a definition of fractals there. Please identify it and identify its components. 2. There is a description there, please identify it and tell me how you found it. What helped you when locating it.
 * 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 ! ! ! **


 * I **** V. Now write a description of any mathematical word or topic. **

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1. a) Prime number. b) Kind of numbers. c) A number whose only factors are itself and 1. 2. a) Square root. b) Mathematical operation. c) The square root of x is the number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the number, x. 3. a) Pyramid. b) Geometrical figure. c) A three-dimensional figure that has a polygon for its base and whose faces are triangles having a common vertex. 4. a) Fraction. b) Numeric system. c) A number used to name a part of a group or a whole. The number below the bar is the denominator, and the number above the bar is the numerator. 5. a) Cube. b) Geometric figure. c) A solid figure with six square faces.
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 * II.** Axis of symmetry: Is a line that can separates a geometrical figure in two, in a way that both parts are exactly the same but inverse, such as reflected in a mirror.


 * III. Characteristics: underlined, Adjectives: Bold**

A fractal is "__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,"[|[1]] a property called [|**self-similarity**]. Roots of **mathematically rigorous** treatment of fractals __can be traced back to functions__ studied by <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Karl Weierstrass], <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Georg Cantor] and <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Felix Hausdorff] in studying functions that were <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|continuous] but not <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|differentiable] ; however, the term //<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3366bb; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|fractal] // was coined by <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Benoît Mandelbrot] in 1975 and was __derived from the **<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|Latin] ** //<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3366bb; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|fractus] // meaning "broken" or "fractured.__" A **mathematical** fractal is __based on an <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|equation] that undergoes <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|iteration] __, a form of <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|feedback] based on <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;">[|recursion] .<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[|[2]]

1. The definition of fractal given above is: A rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into part wich are a reduced-size copy of the whole. The characteristics are underlined in the paragraph. 2. I found the definition because it was marked by quotation marks and because it explains its complete meaning.

The equal sign, =, is a mathematical symbol used to show equalities. This useful symbol is used to state that two or more things are exactly the same, as used in an equation. The equal sign was invented in 1557 by a mathematician named Welshman Robert. The equal sign is formed by two short horizontal lines, one under the other, and it is placed between the equalities.
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