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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Constant | a number |
| monomial | a constant, a variable, or a product of a constant and one or more variables |
| coefficient | the constant factor in a monomial |
| degree of a variable in a monomial | the number of times the variable occurs as a factor in the monomial |
| degree of a monomial | the sum of the degress of the variables in the monomial. a nonzero constant has degree 0. the constant 0 has no degree |
| similar monomial | monomials that are identical or that differ only in their coefficients |
| polynomials | A monomial or a sum of monomials. The monomials in a polynomial are called the terms of the polynomial. |
| simplified polynomial | a polynomial in which no two terms are similar. the terms are usually arranged in order of decreasing degree of one of the variables |
| degree of a polynomial | the greatest of the degrees of its terms after it has been simplified |
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