FOIL

See also: foil

English
Multiplying two binomials using the FOIL method

Etymology

Acronym of first outer inner last or similar.

Pronunciation

See foil

Proper noun

FOIL

  1. A particular mnemonic algorithm for multiplying two binomials.

Further reading

Verb

FOIL (third-person singular simple present FOILs, present participle FOILing, simple past and past participle FOILed)

  1. (transitive) To apply the FOIL algorithm to.

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.