方程

fāngchéng

noun #18,795

Measure Word

一个方程 gè

Meanings

1 equation (mathematics)

Characters

rule; procedure

Examples

请解这个一元二次方程。

Qǐng jiě zhège yīyuán èrcì fāngchéng.

Please solve this quadratic equation.

这组方程有两个未知数。

Zhè zǔ fāngchéng yǒu liǎng gè wèizhīshù.

This system of equations has two unknowns.

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history

The term 方程 originally appeared in the ancient Chinese math text "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art" (九章算术), where 方 meant "side-by-side comparison" and 程 meant "standard" — referring to a system of comparison equations.

Stroke Order

方 fāng

程 chéng