About The Word Arithmetic
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Arithmetic
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What's The Definition Of Arithmetic?
[n] the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
[adj] relating to or involving arithmetic; "arithmetical computations" Synonyms | Synonyms for Arithmetic: arithmetical Related Terms | Find terms related to Arithmetic: algebra | algebraic geometry | analysis | analytic geometry | associative algebra | binary arithmetic | Boolean algebra | calculation | calculus | ciphering | circle geometry | descriptive geometry | differential calculus | division algebra | equivalent algebras | estimation | Euclidean geometry | figuring | Fourier analysis | game theory | geodesy | geometry | graphic algebra | group theory | higher algebra | higher arithmetic | hyperbolic geometry | infinitesimal calculus | integral calculus | intuitional geometry | invariant subalgebra | inverse geometry | Lagrangian function | line geometry | linear algebra | mathematical physics | matrix algebra | metageometry | modular arithmetic | natural geometry | nilpotent algebra | n-tuple linear algebra | number theory | plane trigonometry | political arithmetic | projective geometry | proper subalgebra | quaternian algebra | reckoning | reducible algebra | set theory | simple algebra | solid geometry | speculative geometry | spherical trigonometry | statistics | subalgebra | systems analysis | topology | trig | trigonometry | universal algebra | universal geometry | vector algebra | zero algebra See Also | algorism | pure mathematics Arithmetic In Webster's Dictionary \A*rith"me*tic\, n. [OE. arsmetike, OF. arismetique,
L. arithmetica, fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. ? arithmetical, fr. ?
to number, fr. ? number, prob. fr. same root as E. arm, the
idea of counting coming from that of fitting, attaching. See
{Arm}. The modern Eng. and French forms are accommodated to
the Greek.]
1. The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.
2. A book containing the principles of this science.
{Arithmetic of sines}, trigonometry.
{Political arithmetic}, the application of the science of
numbers to problems in civil government, political
economy, and social science.
{Universal arithmetic}, the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to
algebra.
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