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Maths words beginning with V
- Variable
- A letter or symbol that stands for a number that is unknown or can change.
- Variance
- The mean of the squared distances of data values from their mean. Its square root is the standard deviation.
- Vector
- A quantity with both size (magnitude) and direction, often written as a column of numbers or drawn as an arrow.
- Vertex
- A corner point of a shape, where two sides of a flat shape or several edges of a solid meet. More than one are called vertices.
- Volume
- The amount of three-dimensional space an object takes up, measured in cubic units such as or .