like terms

Noun

plural plural-only

(mathematics) monomial expressions whose variable components are identical.

Japanese Meaning

数学用語で、変数部分（記号や指数）が同じ項。同類項とも呼ばれ、和や差にまとめられる項のこと。

Please combine like terms before simplifying the expression 3x + 5x - 2y.

式 3x + 5x - 2y を簡単にする前に、同類項をまとめてください。

Sense（1）

(mathematics) monomial expressions whose variable components are identical.

Sense（2）

(mathematics) algebraic expressions whose literal coefficients represent the same value regardless of the numbers assigned to them.