trapeze artist. 1. a person who performs, especially professionally, on a trapeze. Also called trapezist. Along the way he also picked up the skills to be an acrobat, a juggler, a wire walker, a trapeze artist, and a clown.
IN MATH: 1. n. a symbol used to indicate exponentiation (symbol: ^). EX. To simplify two raised to the third power on a calculator, type 2^3 then press the ENTER key. IN ENGLISH: 1. n. a symbol used to indicate something has been inserted (symbol: ^).
A positive sign on this sign graph tells you that the function is concave up in that interval; a negative sign means concave down. The function has an inflection point (usually) at any x-value where the signs switch from positive to negative or vice versa.