geometric progression

English

Noun

geometric progression (plural geometric progressions)

1. (mathematical analysis) A sequence in which each term except the first is obtained from the previous by multiplying it by a constant value, known as the common ratio of the geometric progression.

Synonyms

• geometric sequence

Translations

sequence

• Arabic: مُتَتَالِيَة هَنْدَسِيَّة f (mutatāliya(t) handasiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 等比數列／等比数列 (zh) (děngbǐ shùliè), 几何数列

• Czech: geometrická posloupnost f
• Danish: kvotientrække c
• French: série géométrique f
• Galician: progresión xeométrica f
• German: geometrische Reihe f, geometrische Progression f
• Hungarian: mértani sorozat (hu)
• Indonesian: barisan geometri, barisan ukur
• Irish: seicheamh iolraíoch m
• Italian: progressione geometrica f
• Japanese: 等比数列 (ja) (とうひすうれつ, tōhi sūretsu), 幾何数列 (きかすうれつ, kika sūretsu)
• Latvian: ģeometriskā progresija f
• Persian: تصاعد هندسی (tasâ'od-e hendesi)
• Polish: ciąg geometryczny (pl) m, postęp geometryczny m (obsolete)
• Portuguese: progressão geométrica f
• Romanian: progresie geometrică (ro) f
• Russian: геометри́ческая прогре́ссия (ru) f (geometríčeskaja progréssija)
• Swedish: geometrisk följd c
• Tagalog: sukgising panisulong

See also

• arithmetic progression