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Math Grade 9-12: Math Dictionary

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A Maths Dictionary for Kids by Jenny Eather
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
An animated, interactive dictionary for students which explains over 400 common mathematical terms in simple language and images.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

Online Mathematics Dictionary
http://pax.st.usm.edu/cmi/inform_html/glossary.html
Alphabetical listing of words used in mathematics

A Animated Math Glossary
http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math/
A glossary of common mathematical terms, categorized by grade (1-8). Each entry has an example, most of which are animated. The "other" (at the end of the alphabet) section has tables of metric and customary measurements, time, formulas, and symbols.

Euclid's Elements
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/toc.html
Definitions of fundamentals of geometry, geometric algebra, theory of circles, and more.

The Geometry Section
http://id.mind.net/~zona/mmts/geometrySection/geometrySection.html
This section of Zona Land has links to pictures of fractals, common shapes, areas and volumes (box, cylinder and box with cylindrical hole), coordinate geometry, points, lines and planes.

Ask Dr. Math:
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Here are some examples of what one can find in the Ask an Expert site from Math Forum--Ask Dr. Math.

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