Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The mathematics of integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers under addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
- n. Archaic A book on this kind of mathematics.
- adj. Of or relating to arithmetic.
- adj. Changing according to an arithmetic progression: The increase in the food supply is arithmetic.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The theory of numbers; the study of the divisibility of whole numbers, the remainders after division, etc. Also called theoretical or higher arithmetic.
- n. The art of computation: the most elementary branch of mathematics. This use of the word appears early in the sixteenth century. The art of using Arabic numerals was first called in English algorism (which see) or augrim, then practical arithmetic, lastly arithmetic simply, or elementary arithmetic. Abstract arithmetic teaches systems of notation for numbers, the three rules of direct computation, addition, subtraction, and multiplication, and various rules of indirect computation, or computation by successive approximation, such as division, extraction of the square and cube roots, double position, etc. Practical arithmetic teaches the various kinds of computation employed in trade.
- n. (pron. ar-ith-met′ ik). An arithmetician.
- n. etc. See the adjectives.
- A less common form of arithmetical.
Wiktionary
- n. The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers,
real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. - adj. Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
- adj. Of a progression, mean, etc, computed using addition rather than multiplication.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.
- n. A book containing the principles of this science.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to or involving arithmetic
- n. the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
Etymologies
- Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Medieval Latin arismetica, alteration of Latin arithmētica, from Greek arithmētikē (tekhnē), (art) of counting, feminine of arithmētikos, from arithmein, to count, from arithmos, number; see ar- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“Hollyhock sat down to the midday meal at The Garden in exceedingly low spirits, but her father had now got through what she called his arithmetic, and was full of mirth.”
“But that kind of arithmetic is not from the Spirit.”
“Hopeless cnn you are part of it ...!!!!!!!!!! arithmetic is liberal”
“In that proof, the expressive power of arithmetic is needed to get self-reference and incompleteness.”
“The use of Peano arithmetic is fairly pervasive in mathematical physics, hence, at first sight, this appears to be highly damaging to the prospects for a final Theory of Everything in physics.”
“Moreover, whilst Peano arithmetic is axiomatizable, there is a particular model of Peano arithmetic, whose theory is typically referred to as Number theory, which Godel demonstrated to be undecidable and non-axiomatizable.”
“That road you use to drive to your klan meetings was probably paid for with CA dollars .... show some respect. arithmetic is liberal”
“He needs to crawl back under the rock he came out from under. arithmetic is liberal”
“I think you may have just proved that arithmetic is indeed liberal.”
“If Walstreet reform dies or is weakened to no effect, this simply means Congress chose bribes over doing what they know our national security should be obligating them to do, what anyone with a little education in arithmetic and half a conscience can figure out.”
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A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 322 more...
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Mathematical words
quasigroup, latin square, balanced design, ring, field, module, vector, modulus, neutral element, identity, map, function and 54 more...
asativum Including, the Mock Turtle tells us, ambition, distraction, uglification and derision. Oct 1, 2008
wiredweird (uh-RITH-muh-Tick) numerical manipulations
(Air-ith-MET-ick) adj, pertaining to mathematical operations Mar 27, 2007