Nouns of Latin and Greek Origin

Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
a) -on (-um) → -a [ə]
continuum	continua	maximum	maxima
континуум		максимум
criterion	criteria	medium	media
критерій		середовище
curriculum	curricula	minimum	minima
навчальний план		мінімум
datum	data	momentum	momenta
задана величина		кількість руху
equilibrium	equilibria	phenomenon	phenomena
рівновага		явище
infinitum	infinita	polyhedron	polyhedra
нескінченність		багатогранник
latus rectum	latera recta	quantum	quanta
фокальний параметр		квант
symposium	symposia	vacuum	vacua
симпозіум		вакуум
spectrum	spectra	stratum	strata
спектр		шар
b) -is [is] -ix [iks]	→ -es [i:z]
analysis	analyses	emphasis	emphases
аналіз		емфаза
axis	axes	hypothesis	hypotheses
вісь		гіпотеза
basis	bases	index	indices
базис		покажчик
crisis	crises	matrix	matrices
криза		матрица
directrix	directrices	parenthesis	parentheses
директриса		дужка
vertex	vertices	phasis	phases
вершина		фаза
thesis	theses	synthesis	syntheses
тезис, дисертація		синтез
с) -us [əs] → -i [ai]
calculus	calculi	modulus	moduli
числення, матема-тичний аналіз		модуль
focus	foci	nucleus	nuclei
фокус		ядро
genius	genii	radius	radii
геній		радіус
locus	loci	rhombus	rhombi
геометричне місце точок		ромб
d) Similar Forms
an apparatus	apparatus	a means	means
апарат, прилад		засіб
a headquarters	headquarters	a series	series
штаб		ряд
news	news	a species	species
новина		вид
e) -а [ə] → -ae [i:]
		Modern Forms
abscissa	abscissae	abscissas	crilerions
абсциса		formulas	hyperbolas
hyperbola	hyperbolae	geniuses	indices
гіпербола		radiuses	terminuses
formula	formulae	mediums	nucleuses
формула		indexes	spectrums
corona	coronae	rhombuses	vacuums
корона		lacunas	maximums
lacuna	lacunae
пустота
nebula	nebulae
туманність

 

Mathematical Symbols and Signs

	plus
–	minus
	plus or minus
	multiplication sign
	point (1.5 – one point five)
	division sign; ratio sign
	sign of equality (equals, (is) equal to)
	(is) not equal to
~	difference
	approximately equal; approaches
	greater than
	less than
	equal or greater than
	equal or less than
	infinity
	the square root (out) of
	the cube root (out) of
	the -th root (out) of
	brackets, square brackets (pl)
	parentheses, round brackets (pl)
	braces (pl)
	empty set
	tends to, corresponds to
	belongs to
	is contained in
	is not contained in
	integral of
	integral between limits and
	integral from to
	A barred
	vector; the mean value of
	tilded
	star
	prime
	double prime
	sub, first
	sub , -th
	to the power
	sub prime
	limit (of)
	the limit as becomes infinite
	maximum
	maximum over belongs to
	minimum
	minimum over belongs to of
	the first derivative of
	function
,	function of
	increment of
	summation
	the sum from belongs to
	the sum from equals 0 to equals
	differential of
	the first derivative of with respect to , over
	the second derivative of with respect to
	the first derivative of with respect to
	of
	(where) is equal to 1, 2 and so on
	(where) runs from zero to
	Laplacian
	union of sets and
	intersection of sets and
	is a subset of
	gradient of the function
	modulus of
	isequal to the maximum over of the sum from equals one to equals of the modulus of of , where lies in the closed interval and where runs from one to .