term
a number, variable, or product of a number and/or variable(s)
polynomial
a single term or the sum of two or more terms with whole-number powers
coefficient
the numeric factor of a term (the number being multiplied by a variable)
constant
a term that contains only a number
degree of a term
the sum of the exponents of the variables contained in the term
degree of a polynomial
the greatest degree of any term in the polynomial
standard form of a polynomial
terms are written in descending order of degree (greatest to least)
leading coefficient
the coefficient of a polynomials first term when written in standard form
monomial
polynomial with one term
binomial
polynomial with two terms
trinomial
polynomial with three terms
like terms
terms that have the same variable and exponent for that variable