外错角 外錯角 wài cuò jiǎo (math.) alternate exterior angles 迭代 dié dài (computing, math.) to iterate / (literary) to alternate 差商 chā shāng (math.) difference quotient / (math.) divided difference / (math.) finite difference 双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn 冥思苦想 míng sī kǔ xiǎng to consider from all angles (idiom) / to think hard / to rack one's brains syn 苦思冥想 kǔ sī míng xiǎng to consider from all angles (idiom) / to think hard / to rack one's brains syn 度 dù to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn 角尺 jiǎo chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 三角板 sān jiǎo bǎn set square / triangle (for drawing right angles) syn 曲尺 qū chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 左思右想 zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng to turn over in one's mind (idiom) / to think through from different angles / to ponder 分角器 fēn jiǎo qì a protractor (device to divide angles) 活动曲尺 活動曲尺 huó dòng qū chǐ sliding bevel (to measure angles) 矩尺 jǔ chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 万能曲尺 萬能曲尺 wàn néng qū chǐ universal bevel (to measure angles) 角曲尺 jiǎo qū chǐ miter square (tool to measure angles) 钢曲尺 鋼曲尺 gāng qū chǐ steel set square (tool to measure right angles) 变换 變換 biàn huàn to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation syn 备用 備用 bèi yòng reserve / spare / alternate / backup 轮流 輪流 lún liú to alternate / to take turns syn 小号 小號 xiǎo hào trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one / a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc) 穿插 chuān chā to insert / to take turns, alternate / to interweave / to interlace / subplot / interlude / episode / (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces syn 相间 相間 xiāng jiàn to alternate / to follow one another syn 隔天 gé tiān the next day / on alternate days 候补 候補 hòu bǔ to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute 更替 gēng tì to take over (from one another) / to alternate / to replace / to relay syn 更迭 gēng dié to alternate / to change syn 互生 hù shēng alternate leaf arrangement (botany) 错 錯 cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver syn 变文 變文 biàn wén a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes) 儵 shù alternate form of 倏 / sudden / abrupt 七言律诗 七言律詩 qī yán lǜ shī verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律[qi1lu:4]) 互生叶 互生葉 hù shēng yè alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern) 更卒 gēng zú soldier (serving alternate watch) 忽冷忽热 忽冷忽熱 hū lěng hū rè now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate 另辟蹊径 另闢蹊徑 lìng pì xī jìng to take an alternate route (idiom) / to find an alternative / to take a different approach / to blaze a new trail 备用频率 alternate frequency 候补法官 hòu bǔ fǎ guān alternate judge 候补鉴证人 hòu bǔ jiàn zhèng rén Alternate Certifying Officer 候补秘书 hòu bǔ mì shū alternate secretary 备用机场 bèi yòng jī chǎng alternate airfield 异地办公 異地辦公 alternate office site 第二回籍假国 第二回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 替代回籍假国 替代回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 土地的替代使用 alternate uses of land 负责中美洲和平进程的秘书长个人副代表 負責中美洲和平進程的秘書長個人副代表 Alternate Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central American Peace Process 交替声音数据 交替聲音數據 alternate voice (and) data 代替物质 代替物質 alternate substance 其他受款人 alternate payee 多重结局 多重結局 duō chóng jié jú alternate ending / multiple endings 本尊 běn zūn (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone) 备降 備降 bèi jiàng (aviation) to land at an alternate airport 架空历史 架空歷史 jià kōng lì shǐ alternate history / counterfactual history (genre of fiction) 次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) 参量 參量 cān liàng parameter (math) / quantity used as a parameter / modulus (math.) 偏微分 piān wēi fēn (math.) partial differential / (math.) partial derivative 一次 yī cì first / first time / once / (math.) linear (of degree one) 空间 空間 kōng jiān space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space syn 数量 數量 shù liàng amount / quantity (CL:個|个[ge4]) / quantitative / (math.) scalar quantity syn 组合 組合 zǔ hé to assemble / to combine / to compose / combination / association / set / compilation / (math.) combinatorial syn 指数 指數 zhǐ shù (numerical, statistical) index / (math.) exponent / index / exponential (function, growth) 内心 內心 nèi xīn heart / innermost being / (math.) incenter syn 交换 交換 jiāo huàn to exchange / to swap / to switch (telecom) / commutative (math) / to commute syn 元素 yuán sù element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) syn 联络 聯絡 lián luò to get in touch with / to contact / to stay in contact (with) / liaison / (math.) connection syn 函数 函數 hán shù function (math.) syn 传递 傳遞 chuán dì to transmit / to pass on to sb else / (math.) transitive syn 不变 不變 bù biàn constant / unvarying / (math.) invariant syn 分子 fēn zǐ molecule / (math) numerator of a fraction syn 解析 jiě xī to analyze / to resolve / (math.) analysis / analytic syn 多元 duō yuán poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.) syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 集合 jí hé to gather / to assemble / (math.) set syn 三次 sān cì third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) 排列 pái liè to arrange in order / (math.) permutation syn 二次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two) 变量 變量 biàn liàng variable (math.) 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 详解 詳解 xiáng jiě to explain in detail / detailed answer / full solution (to a math problem) 命题 命題 mìng tí proposition (logic, math.) / to assign an essay topic 区间 區間 qū jiān delimited area / defined section of a train or bus route / numerical range / (math.) interval syn 概率 gài lǜ probability (math.) syn 因子 yīn zǐ factor / (genetic) trait / (math.) factor / divisor syn 猜想 cāi xiǎng to guess / to conjecture / to suppose / (math.) hypothesis syn 分歧 fēn qí divergent / difference (of opinion, position) / disagreement / (math.) bifurcation syn 有理 yǒu lǐ reasonable / justified / right / (math.) rational syn 三项 三項 sān xiàng three items / three events / three terms / tri- / trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能) 一元 yī yuán (math.) single-variable / univariate 多变 多變 duō biàn fickle / (math.) multivariate syn 收敛 收斂 shōu liǎn to dwindle / to vanish / to make vanish / to exercise restraint / to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) / to astringe / (math.) to converge syn 映射 yìng shè to shine on / (math., linguistics etc) mapping syn 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 置换 置換 zhì huàn to permute / permutation (math.) / to displace / displacement / to replace / replacement syn 倒数 倒數 dào shù inverse number / reciprocal (math.) 机率 機率 jī lǜ (Tw) (math.) probability 表达式 表達式 biǎo dá shì expression (math.) 方程 fāng chéng (math.) equation 矩阵 矩陣 jǔ zhèn array / matrix (math.) 基数 基數 jī shù cardinal number / (math.) radix / base 