专业英语中的常符号和数学式表达.doc

专业英语中的常用符号和数学式的表达 1/2 a half, one half 1/3 a third, one third 2/3 two thirds 1/4 a quarter, one quarter, a fourth, one fourth 1/100 a(one) hundredth 1/1000 a(one) thousandth 113/324 one hundred and thirteen over three hundred and twenty four four and two thirds zero (0, naught) point two five + plus , positive _ minus, negative ± plus or minus × multiplied by , times ÷ divided by = be equal to, equals ≈ be approximately equal to, approximately equals () round brackets; parentheses 【】 square (angular) brackets {} braces ≤ less than or equal to ≥ more than or equal to ∞ infinity ∵ because ∴ therefore maps into X+y x plus y (a+b) bracket a plus b bracket closed A=b a equals b; a is equal to b; a is b A≠b a is not equal to b A±b a plus or minus b A≈b a is approximately equal to b A＞b a is greater than b A＞＞b a is much[far] greater than b Ab a is less than b Ab a is much less than b A⊥b a is perpendicular to b X ∞ x approaches infinity A≡b a is identically equal to b; a is of identity to b ∠a angle a A～b the difference between a and b A∥b a is parallel to b A∝b a varies directly as b : x square; x squared; the square of x; the second power of x; x to second power : x cube; x cubed; the cube of x; the third power of x; x to the third power the square root of x the cube root of x % percent 2% two percent ‰ per mill 5‰ five per mill log x to the base n log x to the base 10; common logarithm , log x to the base e; natural logarithm; napierian logarithm , exponential function of x;e to the power x the nth power of x; x to the power n 或 the nth root of x; x to the power one over n Sin sine Cos cosine Tg,