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What does "id est" mean?
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08/13/2009, 10:12 AM (This post was last modified: 08/13/2009, 10:13 AM by andydude.)
What does "id est" mean? Is this a common phrase in English mathematical text? If it is latin, then should it be in italics?
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08/13/2009, 10:22 AM (This post was last modified: 08/13/2009, 10:23 AM by bo198214.)
(08/13/2009, 10:12 AM)andydude Wrote: What does "id est" mean? Is this a common phrase in English mathematical text? If it is latin, then should it be in italics?

i.e.

see also wikipedia
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08/13/2009, 10:25 AM (This post was last modified: 08/13/2009, 10:25 AM by bo198214.)
also good to know that
e.g. = exempli gratia
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08/13/2009, 11:00 AM
(08/13/2009, 10:22 AM)bo198214 Wrote: i.e.

Oh! I didn't know that's what "i.e." stood for... Tongue I read that all the time.
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