Spring 2002_161

Instructor: Buthaina Al Othman

Vocabulary List

Chapter 9- Calculating

Word
Meaning

ranges (n.)

series of things or actions

buoyant (adj.)

floatable

observed (v.)

watched

displaced (v.)

took the place of, replaced

immersed (v.)

opposite of emerged

volume (n.)

capacity

minus (n.) (adj.) (prepos.)

less

degree (n.)

grade, stage, level

density (n.)

thickness

computed (v.)

calculated

ratio (n.)

proportion

factor (n.)

basic reason

environment (n.)

surroundings

provided (v.)

as long as/given

confined (adj.)

caged/imprisoned

quadrupled (v.)

four times as great or as many

affect (v.)

influence

effect (n.)

result

implications (n.)

effects

quantitative (adj.)

based on the quantity not the quality

qualitative (adj.)

based on the quality not the quantity

converse (v.)

reverse/change to an opposite position

contract (v.)

shrink/lessen/shorten

attained (v.)

achieved/reached

unattainable (adj.)

unfeasible/unreachable

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