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Understanding Scientific Terms/Numbers
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Lesson 4 - Numbers
English Latin Greek Examples (Latin) Examples (Greek) one uni- mono- (only), heno- uniform, unicode monotheism, henotheism two bi- di- bimetal, bisexuality diatomic molecule three tri- trigonometry four quadr-, quart- tetra- quadratic, quartic tetragonfive quint- pent- quintessence, quintic pentagon, pentagramsix sex- hex- sextic, sextant hexagon, hexagramseven sept- hept- septuplets heptagoneight oct- octagon nine non- enne- nonagon enneagramten deci- deca- decimal decagonmany multi-, pluri- poly- multicellular, pluripotent polygamy, polygonhalf semi- hemi- semicircle hemispherefirst primo- proto- primordial protium, protonsecond deutero- deuteriumthird trito- tritiumlast eschato- eschatology
root
-sect : section, cut apart
How would you write the words with these meanings?
Write the word To cut something into three parts.
Half of a circle. ( Use the Latin) trisect
semicircle