1. THE POINT OR PLACE WHERE SOMETHING BEGINS, ARISES, OR IS DERIVED. "A NOVEL THEORY ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF OIL" SYNONYMS: BEGINNING, START, COMMENCEMENT, ORIGINATION, GENESIS, BIRTH, DAWNING, DAWN, EMERGENCE, CREATION, BIRTHPLACE, CRADLE; MORE A PERSON'S SOCIAL BACKGROUND OR ANCESTRY. "THEY WILL BE ASKED ABOUT THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN" SYNONYMS: DESCENT, ANCESTRY, PARENTAGE, PEDIGREE, LINEAGE, LINE (OF DESCENT), BIRTH, EXTRACTION, FAMILY, STOCK, BLOOD, BLOODLINE, HERITAGE, DUAL HERITAGE "HER SCOTTISH ORIGIN"
IN MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS (SOMETIMES CALLED OPERATOR PRECEDENCE) IS A RULE USED TO CLARIFY WHICH PROCEDURES SHOULD BE PERFORMED FIRST IN A GIVEN MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION.
IN MATHEMATICS, A RATIONAL NUMBER IS ANY NUMBER THAT CAN BE EXPRESSED AS THE QUOTIENT OR FRACTION P/Q OF TWO INTEGERS, WITH THE DENOMINATOR Q NOT EQUAL TO ZERO. [ 1] SINCE Q MAY BE EQUAL TO 1, EVERY INTEGER IS A RATIONAL NUMBER.
A SOLUTION OF THE EQUATION IS AN ASSIGNMENT OF EXPRESSIONS TO THE UNKNOWNS THAT SATISFIES THE EQUATION; IN OTHER WORDS, EXPRESSIONS SUCH THAT, WHEN THEY ARE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE UNKNOWNS, THE EQUATION BECOMES AN IDENTITY.
AN ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION IS A MATHEMATICAL PHRASE THAT CAN CONTAIN ORDINARY NUMBERS, VARIABLES (LIKE X OR Y) AND OPERATORS (LIKE ADD,SUBTRACT,MULTIPLY, AND DIVIDE). HERE ARE SOME ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS: A + 1 A - B 3X X - A / B.