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  • The word Trigonometry comes from two Greek words, trigonon = triangle, and metron = measure.

    LearnHub Activities 2008

  • The word Trigonometry comes from two Greek words, trigonon = triangle, and metron = measure.

    LearnHub Activities 2008

  • There is, to be sure, as much difference between Shelley's "Ode to a Skylark" and Todhunter's "Trigonometry" as there is between the Venus de Milo and a battleship; and I conceive that the difference is also of precisely the same kind, being that by which, as we have seen above, we may always discriminate between a work of art and one of utility.

    A Librarian's Open Shelf Arthur E. Bostwick

  • (Chinen) (Friday) The saxophonist Jacam Manricks has a new album, "Trigonometry" (Posi-Tone), that builds on his fascination with convoluted form.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • "We encourage these strong math students to enroll in courses such as Trigonometry, Calculus and College Algebra in grades 11-12."

    unknown title 2009

  • Current Music: Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman, "Trigonometry"

    A bit nippy in here shunn 2008

  • He found the Khan Academy in 2007 and started watching videos on Trigonometry, Calculus, and even Arithmetic.

    Shantanu Sinha: Does Khan Academy Really Work? Shantanu Sinha 2011

  • I think about the Trigonometry homework I still have to finish.

    Fostering Nina « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • But it also teaches noble subjects you'll never use again — unless you go to work for NASA — such as Algebra II and Trigonometry.

    Lights, Camera, High School Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • A majority of students were attempting early Algebra, and many students were experimenting with Trigonometry and Calculus.

    Shantanu Sinha: Does Khan Academy Really Work? Shantanu Sinha 2011

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