Math Glossary Letter WwaccnounWeighted Average Cost of Capital - rate that a company is expected to pay on average to all its security holders to finance its assets
walking distancenouna distance that is capable of being walked
wavenouna disturbance in land, water, air or space that moves energy from one location to another.
wavelengthnounHorizontal distance between the waves of a sine graph
weathernounthe state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain,
weeknounA period of 7 days
weightnounthe measure of how heavy an object is
weight conversionsnounConverting from one weigh measurement to another
weighted averagenounAn average of numbers using probabilities for each event as a weighting
weighted average cost of capitalnounrate that a company is expected to pay on average to all its security holders to finance its assets
weighted meannounAn average of numbers using probabilities for each event as a weighting
wholenounnumbers that include natural numbers and zero
whole fractionnouna fraction which has its numerator value equal to the denominator. The value is equal to 1
whole numbernounnumbers that include natural numbers and zero
{0, 1, 2, 3, ...}
widthnounthe measurement or extent of something from side to side.
width of a rectanglenounLength of one of the shorter sides of a rectangle
wilcoxon signed rank testnounStatistical measure to determine whether the average difference between two observations is 0
wind chill factornounPerceived decrease in air temperature due to the flow of air
winsorized meannounAn average of a number set computed by removing a certain percent of outlier values from the low end and high end of the number set
wipnounWork In Process - raw materials, labor and overhead costs incurred for products that are at various stages of the production process
wordnouna single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing that carries a distinct meaning
word notationnounWrite a number using words instead of digits
word problemnounMath problems involving a lengthy description and not just math symbols
word problemsnounMath problems involving a lengthy description and not just math symbols
word scramblernounA puzzle involving unscrambling letters to form a word
worknounMeasure of energy transfer when an object moves
W = F * d