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Expressions                   Meaning                            Example


                       Monomial      The algebraic expression having         5x
                                                                                2
                                     only one term.

                        Binomial     The algebraic expression having         5x + 2y
                                                                                2
                                     two terms.

                       Trinomial     The algebraic expression having         5x + 2y + 9xy
                                                                                2
                                     three terms.

                                     The algebraic expression having
                                                                                2
                                                                             5x + 2y + 9xy + 4 and all
                       Polynomial    one or more terms with the variable     the above expressions
                                     having non-negative integers as an
                                                                             are also polynomial.
                                     exponent.
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