Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Precancellation

👉 In the context of algebra, a term that is not cancelled out by another term in an expression or equation is called a "precancellation". In other words, if there are two terms with the same variable and exponent, one being canceled out by the other, then they can be combined to form a single term. This operation is known as "pre-cancellation" or "simplification".

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