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arithmetic

4 entries found.


Main Entry:
arith·me·tic 
          Listen to the pronunciation of arithmetic
Pronunciation:
\ə-ˈrith-mə-ˌtik\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English arsmetrik, from Anglo-French arismatike, from Latin arithmetica, from Greek arithmētikē, from feminine of arithmētikos arithmetical, from arithmein to count, from arithmos number; akin to Old English rīm number, and perhaps to Greek arariskein to fit
Date:
15th century
1 a: a branch of mathematics that deals usually with the nonnegative real numbers including sometimes the transfinite cardinals and with the application of the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to them b: a treatise on arithmetic2: computation , calculation
ar·ith·met·ic 
          Listen to the pronunciation of arithmetic \ˌer-ith-ˈme-tik, ˌa-rith\ or ar·ith·met·i·cal 
          Listen to the pronunciation of arithmetical \-ti-kəl\ adjective
ar·ith·met·i·cal·ly 
          Listen to the pronunciation of arithmetically \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
arith·me·ti·cian 
          Listen to the pronunciation of arithmetician \ə-ˌrith-mə-ˈti-shən\ noun


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